cornflakes

or corn flakes

[ kawrn-fleyks ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a packaged breakfast cereal in the form of small toasted flakes made from corn, for serving cold with milk, sugar, etc.

cornflakes

/ ˈkɔːnˌfleɪks /

plural noun

1. a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, eaten with milk, sugar, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of cornflakes¹

1905–10, Americanism; corn ¹ + flakes, plural of flake ¹

Example Sentences

Shards of maple tuile carpet the surface and crackle like cornflakes.

From Washington Post

One of his men put a bowl of cornflakes in front of him and a pot of hot tea.

From The Daily Beast

Add cornflakes until substance will hold shape when dropped from teaspoon, on to buttered paper.

From Project Gutenberg

We stood and looked down at them: A bowl of cornflakes and a silver spoon.

From Project Gutenberg

In the meantime, the avian population in the region is on the increase, thanks to all those cornflakes-and-firefly dinners.

From Project Gutenberg

What was the precise distribution and dampness of each of those soggy cornflakes!

From Project Gutenberg

It was too much like that old thing that used to puzzle him so at breakfast; the picture of the girl on the box of cornflakes.

From Project Gutenberg