SCALLOP

scallop, scollop, escallop

(noun) edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions

cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop

(noun) thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

scallop, scollop, escallop

(noun) edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces

scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle

(noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)

scallop, scollop

(verb) shape or cut in scallops; “scallop the hem of the dress”

scallop, scollop

(verb) fish for scallops

scallop, scollop

(verb) form scallops in; “scallop the meat”

scallop, escallop

(verb) bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top

scallop

(verb) decorate an edge with scallops; “the dress had a scalloped skirt”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

scallop (plural scallops)

Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the family Pectinidae which are free-swimming.

One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell.

A fillet of meat, escalope.

A form of fried potato.

A dish shaped like a scallop shell.

Usage notes

To specify bivalves, rather than fillets of meat or potatoes, sea scallop and similar terms may be used instead. This is particularly done when several of these are used, such as in cookbooks and in parts of Australia.

Synonyms

• (mollusc): scollop (British), sea scallop (parts of Australia)

• (potato): potato cake (parts of Australia), potato scallop (parts of Australia)

Verb

scallop (third-person singular simple present scallops, present participle scalloping, simple past and past participle scalloped)

To create or form an edge in the shape of a crescent or multiple crescents.

(transitive) To bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped

(intransitive) To harvest scallops

Anagrams

• callops

Source: Wiktionary


Scal"lop, n. Etym: [OF. escalope a shell, probably of German or Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish; cf. D. schelp shell. See Scale of a fish, and cf. Escalop.] [Written also scollop.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidæ. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobæus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2.

Note: The common edible scallop of the Eastern United States is Pecten irradians; the large sea scallop, also used as food, is P. Clontonius, or tenuicostastus.

2. One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell.

3. One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell.

Scal"lop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scalloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalloping.]

1. To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2.

2. (Cookery)

Definition: To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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