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Scallop has 11 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

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.)

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

Verb
1

decorate an edge with scallops

"the dress had a scalloped skirt"

2

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

3

form scallops in

"scallop the meat"

4

fish for scallops

5

shape or cut in scallops

"scallop the hem of the dress"

6

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

Example Sentences
"the dress had a scalloped skirt" verb
"scallop the meat" verb
"scallop the hem of the dress" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
curve shellfish piece bivalve decorate cook hollow fish shape
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
sea scallop bay scallop
Rhyming Words
lop blop clop glop flop slop galop salop telop aflop orlop dunlop kholop penlop lollop jollop dollop collop wallop gallop
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