flakelet

[ fleyk-lit ]

noun
  1. a small flake, as of snow.

Origin of flakelet

1
First recorded in 1850–55; flake1 + -let

Words Nearby flakelet

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How to use flakelet in a sentence

  • The first flake or flakelet that reached me was a mere white speck that came idly circling and eddying to the ground.

    A Year in the Fields | John Burroughs