flake

a small, thin piece of snow or ice that falls from the sky

copo de nieve, escarcha

• flake of something

Collocations snow flake · ice flake

• Snowflakes were falling gently from the sky.

  Copos de nieve caían suavemente del cielo.

the thin, flat pieces of bone that make up the skeleton of a fish or other animal

hueso plano, escama ósea

• flake of something

Collocations fish flake · bone flake

• The fish had a lot of bone flakes.

  El pescado tenía muchas escamas óseas.

a small piece or thin layer of something solid that breaks off from a larger object, such as ice or rock

trozo, fragmento

• flake of something

Collocations ice flake · rock flake

• A rock flake broke off and fell to the ground.

  Un fragmento de roca se desprendió y cayó al suelo.

to make or shape something using thin pieces of bone, such as in the making of tools by early humans

hacer con huesos planos

• [transitive], T + obj

• They flaked the stone to make a tool.

  Hicieron una herramienta tallando la piedra.

to break off small pieces or thin layers from something solid, such as ice or rock

desgarrar, desprenderse

• [intransitive], T + obj

• The ice was flaking off the roof.

  El hielo se estaba desprendiendo del techo.