As a adjective chiplike
is resembling or characteristic of a chip (fragment of stone etc).
As a noun flake is
a loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, paint, or fish or
flake can be (uk) dogfish or
flake can be (uk|dialect) a paling; a hurdle.
As a verb flake is
to break or chip off in a flake.