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scallop scal·lop

Spelling: [skol-uh p, skal-]

IPA: /ˈskɒl əp, ˈskæl-/

Scallop is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 172 anagrams from letters in scallop (acllops).

Definitions for scallop

noun

1. any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
2. the adductor muscle of certain species of such mollusks, used as food.
3. one of the shells of such a mollusk, usually having radial ribs and a wavy outer edge.
4. a scallop shell or a dish in which food, especially seafood, is baked and served.
5. Cookery. a thin slice of meat, usually further flattened by pounding with a mallet or other implement.
6. any of a series of curved projections cut along the edge, as of a fabric.

verb (used with object)

1. to finish (an edge) with scallops.
2. Cookery. to escallop.

verb (used without object)

1. to dredge for scallops.

Origin of scallop

1350-1400; Middle English scalop, aphetic variant of escal(l)op escallop; sense “thin slice of meat” probably by association with French escalope Examples for scallop

scallop Ceviche by Alice Waters The woman behind Chez Panisse serves up a wonderful seafood summer salad.

Put it into scallop shells, and fill them up with grated bread; over which put a little butter, and brown them before the fire.

The sign of the Compostella pilgrimage was the scallop shell.

Put it into scallop shells or saucers, making them three parts full, and fill them up with potatoes, mashed with a little cream.

Put in the scallop shells as many oysters as each will hold.

Who's this coming up the path with his eyes all round him like a scallop?

Draw a line with the ruler just below where you want your scallop to be.

“That scallop dish is just a raw scallop with a grilled cucumber and cucumber vinaigrette,” said McGarry.

Grease some scallop shells, and sprinkle them with bread-crumbs.

Put the mince into scallop shells or saucers three parts full, and fill them up with potatoes, mashed with a little cream.