1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
2. a person with an unusual or odd personality
3. a crystal of snow
4. come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
5. cover with flakes or as if with flakes
6. form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"

Similar Words: bit, chip, fleck, scrap, eccentric, eccentric person, oddball, geek, snowflake, peel off, peel, flake off

Hyponyms: matchwood, scale, scurf, exfoliation, splinter, sliver, flinders, crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball, nutter, wacko, whacko

Substance Meronyms: snow

Part Meronyms: snow, snowfall

Derivational Morphology: peel off, peel, flake off, chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off, knap, cut off, bit, fleck, scrap, desquamation, peeling, shedding