scallop meaning

scallop as a verb

1. decorate an edge with scallops
   • the dress had a scalloped skirt

   Type of: decorate

2. bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top

   Synonyms: escallop

   Type of: cook

3. form scallops in
   • scallop the meat

   Synonyms: scollop

   Type of: hollow

4. fish for scallops

   Synonyms: scollop

   Type of: fish

5. shape or cut in scallops
   • scallop the hem of the dress

   Synonyms: scollop

   Type of: shape

scallop as a noun

1. 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: crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle

   Type of: curve

2. edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces

   Synonyms: scollop, escallop

   Type of: shellfish

   Kinds: sea scallop, bay scallop

3. thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

   Synonyms: cutlet, scollop, escallop

   Type of: piece

4. edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions

   Synonyms: scollop, escallop

   Type of: bivalve

   Kinds: bay scallop, sea scallop

How to pronounce scallop

scallop is pronounced /ˈskæləp/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with scallop

• gallop