Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: scallop
IPA transcription: [sk'æləp]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: scallop, scollop, escallop
    Meaning: edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
  • Synonyms: cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop
    Meaning: thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
  • Synonyms: scallop, scollop, escallop
    Meaning: edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
  • Synonyms: scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle
    Meaning: 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.)
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: scallop, scollop
    Meaning: shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress"
  • Synonyms: scallop, scollop
    Meaning: fish for scallops
  • Synonyms: scallop, scollop
    Meaning: form scallops in; "scallop the meat"
  • Synonyms: scallop, escallop
    Meaning: bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
  • Synonyms: scallop
    Meaning: decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt"
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