n. | 1. | (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family |
2. | One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. | |
3. | One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell. | |
v. t. | 1. | To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, |
2. | (Cookery) To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See |
Noun | 1. | scallop - 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.) |
2. | scallop - edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces | |
3. | scallop - thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled | |
4. | scallop - edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions | |
Verb | 1. | scallop - decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt" |
2. | scallop - form scallops in; "scallop the meat" Synonyms: scollop | |
3. | scallop - fish for scallops Synonyms: scollop | |
4. | scallop - shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress" Synonyms: scollop |
(language, history) | SCALLOP - A medium-level language for CDC computers, used to bootstrap the first Pascal compiler. |