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noun

a Paleolithic or later stone tool made from a flake struck from a larger core.

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Origin of flake tool

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby flake tool

flak, flake, flakeboard, flakelet, flake out, flake tool, flake white, flak jacket, flak suit, flaky, flaky pastry

How to use flake tool in a sentence

The 2014 midterm elections are just months behind us, but already Flake feels the pressure of the 2016 presidential elections.
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Add olive oil to the pan and toss in the garlic and chili flake.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the law can easily be used as a political tool to punish any disrespect of the state.
Disco Mullah Blasphemy Row Highlights Pakistan’s Hypocrisy|Shaheen Pasha|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He wasn't crazy about being fat, but he saw his body as a tool to use in the making of his career.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Tool around Capitol Hill, which brims gay bars, restaurants, and clubs.
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The execution is such that the drawing of the gown and the lines of the face seem to have been traced by an engraver's tool.
Bastien Lepage|Fr. Crastre
See if you can strike off tiny flakes until the large flake looks like a spearhead.
The Later Cave-Men|Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
Reaching into one of the secret pockets of his wide black belt he removed a curiously shaped tool of finest tempered steel.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Whoever denied the former proposition was called a tool of the Court.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Mariequita sat near by, dangling her legs, watching him work, and handing him nails from the tool-box.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin

Scientific definitions for flake tool

flake tool

A stone tool consisting of a flake that is often modified by further chipping or flaking. Although sharp-edged flakes removed in the production of core tools were presumably used as cutting tools by early humans, true flake tools are those that were purposefully removed from the core and then modified for a particular purpose. Flake tools include scrapers, awls, projectile points, and blades. Compare core tool.