cornflake
Appearance
See also: corn flake
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]cornflake (plural cornflakes)
- A toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal.
- 2009 June 7, David Corcoran, “Ideas That Translate Into Full Local Flavors”, in New York Times[1]:
- But the kitchen regained its footing with a juicy pork chop, from a farm in Pennsylvania, with a cornflake crust; catfish (in a departure, from Louisiana) pan roasted, with black-bean-studded rice; and a chicken breast (from Delaware) pan roasted, with balsamic vinegar and a first-rate mozzarella.
Translations
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Adjective
[edit]cornflake (comparative more cornflake, superlative most cornflake)
Further reading
[edit]- Eric Partridge (2005) “cornflake”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 483.