scallop

Definitions of scallop in various dictionaries:

noun - 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.)

noun - edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells

noun - thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

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

verb - decorate an edge with scallops

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

verb - form scallops in

verb - fish for scallops

verb - shape or cut in scallops

Any of various free-swimming marine mollusks of the family Pectinidae, having fan-shaped bivalve shells with a radiating fluted pattern.

The edible adductor muscle of this mollusk.

A shell of this mollusk, or a dish in a similar shape, used for baking and serving seafood.

One of a series of curved projections forming an ornamental border.

A thin, boneless slice of meat.

To edge (cloth, for example) with a series of curved projections.

To bake in a casserole with milk or a sauce and often with bread crumbs: scalloped potatoes.

To gather scallops for eating or sale.

verb - to bake in a sauce topped with bread crumbs

SCALLOP - Scallop () is a common name that is primarily applied to any one of numerous species of saltwater clams or marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic f...