scalloped

scal·lop (sk

p, sk

- skä

p) also scol·lop (sk

-) or es·cal·lop (

-sk

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

b. The edible adductor muscle of this mollusk.

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

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

3. A thin boneless slice of meat.

v. scal·loped also scol·loped or es·cal·loped, scal·lop·ing also scol·lop·ing or es·cal·lop·ing, scal·lops also scol·lops or es·cal·lops

v.tr.

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

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

3. To cut (meat) into thin boneless slices.

v.intr.

To gather scallops for eating or sale.

[Middle English scalop, from Old French escalope, shell, of Germanic origin.]

scallop·er n.

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Adj.

scalloped - having a margin with rounded scallops

crenate, crenated

rough - of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

Translations

scalloped [ˈskæləpt ˈskɒləpt] adj [edge, neckline] → festonné(e)

scalloped

adj

→ mit einem Bogenrand; linenware → festoniert; scalloped edge → Bogen-/Festonrand m

(Cook) → überbacken

scalloped [ˈskɒləpt] adj (edge) → a smerlo; (neck) → smerlato/a

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bay scallop
bedding geranium
coquille
crenate
crenate leaf
crenated
escallop
Escalop
Escaloped
Escaloped oysters
family Pectinidae
Fan shell
fish geranium
genus Pecten
giant scallop
pattypan squash
Pecten irradians
Pecten magellanicus
Pectinidae

His broad fins are bored, and scalloped out like a lost sheep's ear

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

With an alacrity beyond the common impulse of a spirit which yet was never indifferent to the credit of doing every thing well and attentively, with the real goodwill of a mind delighted with its own ideas, did she then do all the honours of the meal, and help and recommend the minced chicken and scalloped oysters, with an urgency which she knew would be acceptable to the early hours and civil scruples of their guests.

Emma by Austen, Jane View in context

Welland's turn to grow pale as the endless consequences of her blunder unrolled themselves before her; but she managed to laugh, and take a second helping of scalloped oysters, before she said, struggling back into her old armour of cheerfulness: "My dear, how could you imagine such a thing?

The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context

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