Meaning

Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea..

Definitions by Sense

1. Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.
2. One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell, especially in knitting and crochet.
3. (cooking) A fillet of meat, escalope.
4. (cooking, UK, Ireland, Australia, regional) A battered and deep-fried round potato slice.
5. (cooking, UK, regional, rare) A sautéed potato (a shallow-fried round potato slice).
6. A dish shaped like a scallop shell.
7. To create or form an edge in the shape of a crescent or multiple crescents.
8. (transitive) To bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped

Example Sentences

A coral rose, its petals unfolded in scallop around the tight inner bud

We can scallop coastlines to make them longer to serve more people.

Although aggressive, the lesion tends to scallop and not destroy the adjacent osseous structures.

The daughter of the family, Katie, was older than I, an accomplished seamstress who helped me sew my first garment, a pull-over apron, and showed me how to scallop the neckline of a linen blouse.

On the vertical stone you have to move the glass fairly quickly or it will tend not only to facet but also to scallop, since there is less glass surface touching than with the horizontal.

Then, letting go of Option/ Alt, Gordon dragged the widget inward to scallop the corners.

I stewed them, made them into soup, and crowned all my efforts by a grand success in scalloping them, deceiving every one into the belief that they were eating oysters.

And I can scallop those cold boiled potatoes and stew a can of tomatoes.

Word Forms

• scallops
• scollop
• scalloping
• scalloped

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Use scallop when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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