Flaking Definition

Flaking Sentence Examples

• Flaking and scaling set in; hard crusts of mildew formed, dissolved and re-formed with changes of weather over both the loosened parts and those that remained firm.

• All unstable (flaking or peeling) paint surfaces, especially water-soluble distempers, must be removed or washed off before applying Emulsion.

• The paint on my asbestos soffit boards is flaking badly.

• The finest pottery, often painted but all hand-made without the wheel, belongs to the prehistoric period; so also do the finest flint implements, which, in the delicacy and exactitude of their form and flaking, surpass all that is known from other countries.

• The piece was triangular, of pale gray chert, with fine pressure flaking, and evidence for retouch on the straight edge.