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单词 cornflakes
释义

cornflakes

or corn flakes

[ kawrn-fleyks ]
/ ˈkɔrnˌfleɪks /

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.

Origin of cornflakes

1905–10, Americanism;corn1 + flakes, plural of flake1

Words nearby cornflakes

corn factor, cornfed, cornfield, cornfield ant, cornflag, cornflakes, corn flour, cornflower, Cornforth, corn gluten, corn grits
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Example sentences from the Web for cornflakes

  • One of his men put a bowl of cornflakes in front of him and a pot of hot tea.

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  • It was too much like that old thing that used to puzzle him so at breakfast; the picture of the girl on the box of cornflakes.

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  • We stood and looked down at them: A bowl of cornflakes and a silver spoon.

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British Dictionary definitions for cornflakes

cornflakes
/ (ˈkɔːnˌfleɪks) /

pl n

a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, eaten with milk, sugar, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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