No. 6,365 in Russian
хлопья
Flakes.
In a sentence
На завтрак я часто ем хлопья с молоком.
For breakfast, I often eat cereal with milk.
In this sentence, 'хлопья' is used to mean cereals, typically grains processed into flakes for eating.
Снежные хлопья падали с неба, укрывая землю белым покрывалом.
Snowflakes were falling from the sky, covering the ground with a white blanket.
Here, 'хлопья' refers to snowflakes, emphasizing the small flake-like nature of the falling snow.
Я взяла несколько хлопьев золота на сковородку для эксперимента.
I placed a few flakes of gold into the pan for the experiment.
In this context, 'хлопья' means flakes, specifically small, thin pieces of a substance, in this case, gold.
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