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flake
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flake
Archaeol
a. a fragment removed by chipping or hammering from a larger stone used as a tool or weapon
b. (as modifier): flake tool


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The washing tank is a long drum with a central shaft, friction-generating paddles, and an auger that pulls PET flake off the bottom.
Putting CLP on CARC paint causes the paint to flake off and makes it easier for enemy radar to detect you.
A line of plus and equal signs across one of the ink-soaked pieces of paper looks like a rendering of the stations of the cross, lending the work instant gravitas (Untitled, 1992), but the marks are made in correction tape, which has begun to flake off.
 
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