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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scal•lop /ˈskɑləp, ˈskæl-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Invertebratesa marine animal with two wavy-edged shells.
- Often, scallops. [plural] a thick, usually round muscle of this animal used as food.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scal•lop (skol′əp, skal′-),USA pronunciation n. - Invertebratesany of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- Invertebratesthe adductor muscle of certain species of such mollusks, used as food.
- Invertebratesone of the shells of such a mollusk, usually having radial ribs and a wavy outer edge.
- Fooda scallop shell or a dish in which food, esp. seafood, is baked and served.
- Food[Cookery.]a thin slice of meat, usually further flattened by pounding with a mallet or other implement.
- any of a series of curved projections cut along the edge, as of a fabric.
v.t. - to finish (an edge) with scallops.
- Food[Cookery.]to escallop.
v.i. - to dredge for scallops.
Also, scollop. - 1350–1400; Middle English scalop, aphetic variant of escal(l)op escallop; sense "thin slice of meat'' probably by association with French escalope escalope
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: scallop /ˈskɒləp ˈskæl-/ n - any of various marine bivalves of the family Pectinidae, having a fluted fan-shaped shell: includes free-swimming species (genus Pecten) and species attached to a substratum (genus Chlamys)
- the edible adductor muscle of certain of these molluscs
- either of the shell valves of any of these molluscs
- a scallop shell or similarly shaped dish, in which fish, esp shellfish, is cooked and served
- one of a series of curves along an edge, esp an edge of cloth
- the shape of a scallop shell used as the badge of a pilgrim, esp in the Middle Ages
- chiefly Austral a potato cake fried in batter
vb - (transitive) to decorate (an edge) with scallops
- to bake (food) in a scallop shell or similar dish
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French escalope shell, of Germanic origin; see scalpˈscalloper n ˈscalloping n |