Meanings
plural cornflakes · alternative corn flake
- A toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal.
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.
2009 June 7, David Corcoran, “Ideas That Translate Into Full Local Flavors”, in New York Times
comparative more cornflake · superlative most cornflake
- slangFake.
Origin
Translations
Finnish maissihiutale
- maissihiutalecornflake — see also cornflakes
Italian fiocco di mais
- fiocco di maiscornflake — see also cornflakes
Māori kānga rere
- kānga rerecornflake — see also cornflakes
Polish płatek kukurydziany
- płatek kukurydzianycornflake — see also cornflakes
Swedish cornflakes, majsflinga
- cornflakescornflake — see also cornflakes
- majsflingacornflake — see also cornflakes
Welsh creisionen ŷd
- creisionen ŷdcornflake — see also cornflakes
Cite this entry
cornflake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornflake
“cornflake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornflake. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cornflake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornflake.
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