 scallop |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (food) thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled | |
| Synonyms: | escallop scollop cutlet | |
| Related terms: | piece | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces | |
| Synonyms: | escallop scollop | |
| Related terms: | shellfish bay_scallop sea_scallop | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (clothing) shape or cut in scallops, as of the edge of a garment | |
| Synonyms: | scollop | |
| Related terms: | shape crenature | |
| 4. | [ verb ] fish for scallops | |
| Synonyms: | scollop | |
| Related terms: | fish cutlet | |
| 5. | [ verb ] form scallops in | |
| Synonyms: | scollop | |
| Examples: | "scallop the meat" |
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| Related terms: | hollow | |
| 6. | [ verb ] decorate an edge with scallops | |
| Examples: | "the dress had a scalloped skirt" |
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| Related terms: | decorate crenature | |
| 7. | [ noun ] one of a series of rounded teeth formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth etc.) | |
| Synonyms: | crenation | |
| Related terms: | curve | |
| 8. | [ 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.) | |
| Synonyms: | crenelle crenation crenel crenature | |
| Related terms: | curve | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (zoology) 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 | |
| Related terms: | bivalve sea_scallop bay_scallop Pectinidae | |
| Similar spelling: |
scalloped scollop scallopini scallopine Scolopax scalp sculpt schlep Sceloporus scalp_lock sculpin Schwalb scalper scalpel sculptor sculpted Schwalbe sculpture Scalf scale_up |
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