Food texture · Food and eating
flaky
breaks in layers
Flaky food breaks into thin layers when you cut or bite it.
This vs that
The pastry is flaky.
The biscuit is crumbly.
Hear it in real life
Was the pie any good?
Yes, especially the flaky pastry on top.
The pastry was so flaky that it left crumbs all over my jacket.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
'Flaky' is the normal, vivid way to describe layered pastry.
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How it fits in a sentence.
flakynoun; pastry is flaky
Food texture words
Food and eating · Food texture: the words around “flaky”.
Your turn: say it out loud
The pastry is beautifully flaky.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
flaky
breaks in layers
“The pastry was so flaky that it left crumbs all over my jacket.”
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