ˈflākə(r) noun
( -s )
: one that flakes: as
a. : a person that produces flint flakes for striking fire or that manufactures flaked stone implements
b. : a worker who places cleaned fish on flakes for drying
c. or flaking mill : a machine for reducing material (as cereal grain, fish, soap, or ice) to flakes
d. : a prehistoric implement of bone or other material used to press off flakes of stone in making stone implements