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cornflakes
or corn flakes
[ kawrn-fleyks ]
noun
, (used with a plural verb)
- 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
- a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, eaten with milk, sugar, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cornflakes1
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Example Sentences
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.
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We stood and looked down at them: A bowl of cornflakes and a silver spoon.
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In the meantime, the avian population in the region is on the increase, thanks to all those cornflakes-and-firefly dinners.
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What was the precise distribution and dampness of each of those soggy cornflakes!
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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.
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