1. Edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
   "The chef prepared seared scallops with a lemon butter sauce";
   - scollop [archaic], escallop
    
2. Edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
   "We enjoyed seared scallops with a garlic butter sauce";
   - scollop [archaic], escallop
    
3. Thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
   "She ordered veal scallops with a side of mashed potatoes";
   - cutlet, scollop [archaic], escallop, escalope
    
4. One of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge
   "The leaf's edge was marked by a series of scallops";
   - crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle

1. Shape or cut in scallops
   "scallop the hem of the dress";
   - scollop [archaic]
    
2. Decorate an edge with scallops
   "the dress had a scalloped skirt"
    
3. Bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
   "She scalloped the potatoes for the dinner party";
   - escallop
    
4. Form scallops in
   "scallop the meat";
   - scollop [archaic]
    
5. Fish for scallops
   "The fishermen scalloped off the coast";
   - scollop [archaic]

Derived forms: scalloped, scalloping, scallops

Type of: adorn, beautify, bivalve, cook, core out, curve, curved shape, decorate, embellish, fancify, fish, fix [informal], form, grace, hollow, hollow out, lamellibranch, make, ornament, pelecypod, piece, prepare, ready, shape, shellfish, slice

Part of: family Pectinidae, Pectinidae

Encyclopedia: Scallop