scallop
/ˈskɑləp/
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scallop noun: any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.
Noun
scallop (plural scallops)
- Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.
- Synonyms:
- scollop, sea scallop
- One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell, especially in knitting and crochet.
- A coral rose, its petals unfolded in scallop around the tight inner bud1980 December 27, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voices in the Night”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 23, page 12
- A fillet of meat, escalope.
- A battered and deep-fried round potato slice.
- Synonyms:
- potato cake, potato scallop, fritter, smack, fairy chip, potato fritter
- A sautéed potato (a shallow-fried round potato slice).
- A dish shaped like a scallop shell.
Verb
scallop (third-person singular simple present scallops, present participle scalloping, simple past and past participle scalloped)
- To create or form an edge in the shape of a crescent or multiple crescents.
- We can scallop coastlines to make them longer to serve more people.1966, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, page 362
- Although aggressive, the lesion tends to scallop and not destroy the adjacent osseous structures.2010, Girish M. Fatterpekar, The Teaching Files: Head and Neck Imaging, →ISBN
- To bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped
- 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.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 123
- And I can scallop those cold boiled potatoes and stew a can of tomatoes.1908, Mary Mapes Dodge, St. Nicholas - Volume 35, Part 2, page 1104
- To harvest scallops
- He has never wanted to live anywhere but the Island, he says, where he can scallop or ice-boat in winter, depending on his mood; hunt bluebills and deer in season; look after his cows and his sheep.1972, Phyllis Méras, First spring: a Martha's Vineyard journal, page 18
- The project has just now been completed only for me to find I may not be able to catch scallops by placing the F/V "Miss Sue Ann" into the Occasional catagory.^([sic]) Please let me know how, given the unusual factual situation that I find myself in, I can scallop more than 19 days.1993, Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery, Fisheries Management Plan
scallop meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Arabic and Malay
scallop in Tamil
- இரட்டை வழிச் சோழி
scallop in Bengali
- খাদ্যযোগ্য সামুদ্রিক ঝিনুক বিশেষ
scallop in Arabic
- mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
- إِسْكَالُوب ʔiskalūb
scallop in Malay
- mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
- kapis
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- scallop in Indonesian
- kapis, pinggir lengkung
- scallop in Thai
- หอยเชลล์ hɔ̌i-chel
- scallop in Vietnamese
- điệp
Examples of scallop in a sentence
- 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.2012, Jo McDougall, Hilary Masters, Daddy’s Money: A Memoir of Farm and Family, →ISBN:
- 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.2013, Anita & Seymour Isenberg, How to Work in Beveled Glass: Forming, Designing, and Fabricating, →ISBN:
- Then, letting go of Option/ Alt, Gordon dragged the widget inward to scallop the corners.2014, Sharon Steuer, The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book for CS6 and CC, →ISBN, page 100:
- You can scallop, steam, poach, bread, brown, stuff, or put your fish in a sauce, and still have it moist and tender.1988, Margie Kreschollek, The guaranteed goof-proof microwave cookbook, →ISBN, page 106:
Synonyms of scallop
- scollop
- sea scallop
- potato cake
- potato scallop
- fritter
- smack
- fairy chip
- potato fritter
Forms of scallop
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | scallops |
| alternative form | scollop |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | scallops |
| present participle | scalloping |
| past participle | scalloped |
| past | scalloped |
Origin of scallop
From Old French escalope (“shell”). Doublet of escalope. Related to scale and shell.
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Questions about scallop
- What does scallop mean?
- Scallop means any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.
- What is scallop in Tamil?
- Scallop in Tamil is இரட்டை வழிச் சோழி. See Scallop meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use scallop in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is scallop?
- Scallop can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce scallop?
- Scallop is pronounced /ˈskɑləp/ (US).
- What is the plural of scallop?
- The plural of scallop is scallops.
Words near scallop in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scallop (page history and authors); scallop (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scallop (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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