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scallop

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: scallop

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edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
fish for scallops
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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.)
shape or cut in scallops
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: scallop
1

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

Synonyms:
escallop, scollop
Types:
Pecten irradians, bay scallop
a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America
Pecten magellanicus, giant scallop, sea scallop
a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America
Type of:
bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod
marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

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

Synonyms:
escallop, scollop
Types:
sea scallop
muscle of large deep-water scallops
bay scallop
muscle of small choice shallow-water scallops
Type of:
shellfish
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)

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

Synonyms:
cutlet, escallop, scollop
Type of:
piece, slice
a serving that has been cut from a larger portion

v fish for scallops

Synonyms:
scollop
Type of:
fish
catch or try to catch fish or shellfish

v bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top

Synonyms:
escallop
Type of:
cook, fix, make, prepare, ready
prepare for eating by applying heat
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n 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.)

Synonyms:
crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle
Type of:
curve, curved shape
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

v shape or cut in scallops

“scallop the hem of the dress”
Synonyms:
scollop
Type of:
form, shape
give shape or form to

v form scallops in

“scallop the meat”
Synonyms:
scollop
Type of:
core out, hollow, hollow out
remove the interior of

v decorate an edge with scallops

“the dress had a scalloped skirt”
Type of:
adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
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