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scallop

POS

Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

scal=lop

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun scallop has 4 senses

scallop(n = noun.shape) crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle - 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.); Array

is a kind of curve, curved shape

Derived forms verb scallop₅, verb scallop₁

scallop(n = noun.food) escallop, scollop - edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces; Array

is a part of escallop, scallop, scollop

is a kind of shellfish

has particulars: sea scallop, bay scallop

Derived form verb scallop₄

scallop(n = noun.food) cutlet, escallop, scollop - thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled; Array

is a kind of piece, slice

Derived form verb scallop₄

scallop(n = noun.animal) escallop, scollop - edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions; Array

is a kind of bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod

is a member of family pectinidae, pectinidae

has particulars: bay scallop, pecten irradians, giant scallop, pecten magellanicus, sea scallop

has parts: escallop, scallop, scollop

Derived form verb scallop₄

Verb scallop has 5 senses

scallop(v = verb.creation) Array - decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt"

Derived form noun scallop₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

scallop(v = verb.creation) escallop - bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top; Array

is one way to cook, fix, make, prepare, ready

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

scallop(v = verb.contact) scollop - form scallops in; "scallop the meat"

is one way to core out, hollow, hollow out

Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and scallop

scallop(v = verb.competition) scollop - fish for scallops; Array

is one way to fish

Derived forms noun scallop₄, noun scallop₃, noun scallop₂

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

scallop(v = verb.change) scollop - shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress"

is one way to form, shape

Derived form noun scallop₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

scallop, n. [OF. escalope a shell, probably of German or Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish; cf. D. schelp shell. See Scale of a fish, and cf. Escalop.].

Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidæ. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobæus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2. [1913 Webster]
" The common edible scallop of the Eastern United States is Pecten irradians; the large sea scallop, also used as food, is Pecten Clintonius syn. Pecten tenuicostatus." [1913 Webster]
One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. [1913 Webster]
One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell. [1913 Webster]

scallop, v. t.

To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2. [1913 Webster]
To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

scallop, n. & v. (also scollop)
1 any of various bivalve molluscs of the family Pectinidae, esp. of the genus Chlamys or Pecten, much prized as food.
2 (in full scallop shell) a a single valve from the shell of a scallop, with grooves and ridges radiating from the middle of the hinge and edged with small rounded lobes, often used for cooking or serving food. b hist. a representation of this shell worn as a pilgrim's badge.
3 (in pl.) an ornamental edging cut in material in imitation of a scallop-edge.
4 a small pan or dish shaped like a scallop shell and used for baking or serving food.
--v.tr. (scalloped, scalloping)
1 cook in a scallop.
2 ornament (an edge or material) with scallops or scalloping.

Derivative

scalloper n. scalloping n. (in sense 3 of n.).

Etymology

ME f. OF escalope prob. f. Gmc

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THESAURUS

scallop

Dungeness crab, Japanese crab, Vandyke, Vandyke edge, armadillo shell, bake, barbecue, baste, blanch, blaze, blue point, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, chiton, chop, clam, clam shell, cockleshell, cockscomb, cocoa shell, coddle, conch, contort, cook, coquillage, corkscrew, cowrie, crab, crawdad, crawfish, crayfish, crenation, crenelation, crenellate, crenulate, crenulation, crest, crimp, crinkle, curry, cut, deckle edge, denticulation, dentil, dentil band, devil, do, do to perfection, dogtooth, eggshell, fire, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, gash, griddle, grill, heat, incise, indent, intort, jag, knurl, langouste, limpet, littleneck clam, lobster, machicolate, meander, mill, mussel, nick, notch, notching, nutshell, oven-bake, oyster, oyster shell, pan, pan-broil, parboil, periwinkle, picot, pink, poach, prawn, prepare, prepare food, quahog, rickrack, roast, saute, saw, saw teeth, scarify, score, scotch, screw, sea shell, sear, serpentine, serrate, serration, shellfish, shirr, shrimp, simmer, slash, slink, snail, snake, soft-shell crab, steam, steamer, stew, stir-fry, swirl, toast, tooth, turn, twine, twirl, twist, twist and turn, whelk, whirl, whorl, wind, winkle, worm, wring

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scallop

Convolution

N convolution, winding, convolution, involution, circumvolution, wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity, sinuosity, sinuation, meandering, circuit, circumbendibus, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages, torsion, inosculation, reticulation, rivulation, roughness, coil, roll, curl, buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle, tendril, scollop, scallop, escalop, kink, ammonite, snakestone, serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth, knot, convoluted, winding, twisted, tortile, tortive, wavy, undated, undulatory, circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine, serpent, anguill, vermiform, vermicular, mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid, sigmoid, sigmoidal, spiriferous, spiroid, involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed, labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, peristaltic, daedalian, kinky, knotted, wreathy, frizzly, crepe, buckled, raveled, spiral, coiled, helical, cochleate, cochleous, screw-shaped, turbinated, turbiniform, in and out, round and round, a can of worms, Gordian knot.

VB be convoluted, wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl, wave, undulate, meander, inosculate, entwine, intwine, twist, coil, roll, wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill, frizzle, crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort, contort, wreathe.

Notch

N notch, dent, nick, cut, indent, indentation, dimple, embrasure, battlement, machicolation, saw, tooth, crenelle, scallop, scollop, vandyke, depression, jag, notched, crenate, crenated, dentate, dentated, denticulate, denticulated, toothed, palmated, serrated.

VB notch, nick, cut, dent, indent, jag, scarify, scotch, crimp, scallop, scollop, crenulate, vandyke.

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