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Defenition of the word scallop

    • Defenition of the word scallop

      • thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
      • decorate an edge with scallops, as of a dress
      • edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
      • edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
      • shape or cut in scallops, as of the edge of a garment
      • fish for scallops
      • form scallops in
      • 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.)
      • shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress"
      • form scallops in; "scallop the meat"
      • decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt"
      • shape or cut in scallops
      • bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
      • decorate an edge with scallops

    Synonyms for the word scallop

      • cutlet
      • scallop-shell
      • scollop

    Meronymys for the word scallop

      • escallop
      • family Pectinidae
      • Pectinidae
      • scallop
      • scollop

    Hyponyms for the word scallop

      • bay scallop
      • giant scallop
      • Pecten irradians
      • Pecten magellanicus
      • sea scallop

    Hypernyms for the word scallop

      • adorn
      • beautify
      • bivalve
      • cook
      • core out
      • curve
      • curved shape
      • decorate
      • embellish
      • fish
      • fix
      • form
      • grace
      • hollow
      • hollow out
      • lamellibranch
      • make
      • ornament
      • pelecypod
      • piece
      • prepare
      • ready
      • shape
      • shellfish
      • slice

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