Definition of scallops Scallops
/skæˈlʌps/ - [skatlups] -
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What does scallops mean?
Wiktionary 
- scallops (Noun)
Plural of scallop.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
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| scallop - edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions | ||
| scollop, escallop | ||
| bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together | ||
| family pectinidae, pectinidae scallops | ||
| pecten irradians, bay scallop a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America | ||
| giant scallop, pecten magellanicus, sea scallop a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America | ||
| scallop - edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces | ||
| scollop, escallop | ||
| shellfish meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) | ||
| escallop, scollop, scallop edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions | ||
| sea scallop a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America | ||
| scallop - 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.) | ||
| crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle | ||
| curved shape, curve a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter | ||
| scallop - thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled | ||
| cutlet, scollop, escallop | ||
| slice, piece a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" | ||
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| scallop - fish for scallops | ||
| scollop | ||
| fish catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends" | ||
| scallop - shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress" | ||
| scollop | ||
| shape, form give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" | ||
| scallop - decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt" | ||
| grace, ornament, adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree" | ||
| scallop - form scallops in; "scallop the meat" | ||
| scollop | ||
| core out, hollow out, hollow remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" | ||
| scallop - bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top | ||
| escallop | ||
| ready, cook, prepare, fix, make transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" | ||
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Wiktionary
- scallop (Noun)
Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the family which are free-swimming. - scallop (Noun)
A curved projection, making part of a decoration. - scallop (Noun)
A fillet of meat, escalope. - scallop (Noun)
A form of fried potato. - scallop (Verb)
To be cut in the shape of a crescent. - scallop (Verb)
To make or cook scallops. - scallop (Verb)
To harvest scallops.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scallop (n.)
Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. 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 Jacobaeus) 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. - scallop (n.)
One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. - scallop (n.)
One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell. - scallop (v. t.)
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. - scallop (n.)
To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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scallop
skol′up, n. a bivalve having a sub-circular shell with sinuous radiating ridges: one of a series of curves in the edge of anything: a shallow dish in which oysters, &c., are cooked, baked, and browned.—v.t. to cut the edge or border into scallops or curves: to cook in a scallop with crumbs of bread, &c.—p.adj. Scall′oped, having the edge or border cut into scallops or curves.—ns. Scall′op moth, a name applied to several geometrid moths; Scall′op-shell, a scallop, or the shell of one, the badge of a pilgrim. [O. Fr. escalope—Old Dut. schelpe, a shell; cf. Ger. schelfe, a husk.]
