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Noun: scollop  skó-lup
  1. Edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
    - scallop, escallop
     
  2. Thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
    - cutlet, scallop, escallop, escalope
     
  3. Edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
    - scallop, escallop
Verb: scollop  skó-lup
  1. Form scallops in
    "scollop the meat";
    - scallop
     
  2. Fish for scallops
    - scallop
     
  3. Shape or cut in scallops
    "scollop the hem of the dress";
    - scallop

Derived forms: scollops, scolloping, scolloped

Type of: bivalve, core out, fish, form, hollow, hollow out, lamellibranch, pelecypod, piece, shape, shellfish, slice

Part of: family Pectinidae, Pectinidae