cornflakes

Or corn flakes

[kawrn-fleyks]

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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

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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

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

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Example Sentences

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The beverage and humble ingredient is made by lightly toasting 2 3/4 cups of cornflakes and steeping it in 3 3/4 cups of cold milk for 20 minutes.

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When I mentioned it recently to my mother, she said, “Oh, well. Time for a break then. Otherwise it’s like eating the same bowl of cornflakes every day for 19 years.”

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This time I had to shrug and remind myself: It’s a good thing I like cornflakes.

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Having realised there were no cornflakes for breakfast the next day, at 22:00 GMT on 7 November Lindsay had walked less than a mile to the Spar on Crown Street.

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In her pocket, the exact change from the cornflakes she had bought.

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