Dictionary

scallop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈskæləp/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• /ˈskɒləp/ (UK)
• /ˈskɑləp/ (Canada, US)
• /ˈskæləp/ (UK)
• /ˈskɑləp/ (New-England, traditional)
• /ˈskæləp/ (Canada, US)
• /ˈskaləp/ (Ireland, Scotland)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈskɔləp/ (New-Zealand)
• (Australia) audio
• /ˈskɛləp/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Old French escalope (“shell”). Doublet of escalope. Related to scale and shell.

Meanings

1. Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.
2. One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell, especially in knitting and crochet.
   • A coral rose, its petals unfolded in scallop around the tight inner bud 1980 December 27, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voices in the Night”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 23, page 12:
3. A fillet of meat, escalope.
4. (Australia, Ireland, UK, regional) A battered and deep-fried round potato slice.
5. (UK, rare, regional) A sautéed potato (a shallow-fried round potato slice).
6. A dish shaped like a scallop shell.

Forms

Deriveds

queen scallop · Yesso scallop · what the scallop · scallopwise · scallop moth · scallop shell · flame scallop · scalloper · scallop theorem · scallopwing · pilgrim's scallop · scallop squash

Synonyms

scollop · potato scallop · fairy chip · fritter · potato fritter · sea scallop · smack · potato cake

Translations (69)

ca petxina (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · ota فیستو (curve on an edge) · bg фестон (curve on an edge) · is hörpuskel (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · fr échancrure (curve on an edge) · ga muirín (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · bg кръгла мида (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · sq fiston deti (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · ar إِسْكَالُوب (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · mic sasqale's (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · tr deniz tarağı (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · ru гребешо́к (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · it capasanta (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · id pinggir lengkung (curve on an edge) · th หอยเชลล์ (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · es vieira (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · is hörpudiskur (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · kw krogen Sen Jamys (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · ota طراق (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · kw krogen brierin (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · pt vieira (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · tr fisto (curve on an edge) · be грабе́ньчык (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · cmn 扇貝 /扇贝 (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · sv pilgrimsmussla (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · ms kapis (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · nv chʼosh bitsʼaʼ doolghasígíí (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · es venera (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · nb skjell (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · mic saqsgale's (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · ko 가리비 (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · ja 帆立 (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · eo pekteno (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · ja 帆立貝 (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · sh Jakobova kapica (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · nrf scalope (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · ga scolb (curve on an edge) · el χτένι (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · sv mussla (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · la pecten (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · zza salsalok (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · gl vieira (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · hu Szent Jakab-kagyló (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · mi tupa (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · de Pilgermuschel (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · nn musling (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · zza salok (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · gv roagan (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · id kapis (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · gd creachann (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · io petonklo (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · sq fiston (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · pl przegrzebek (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · vi điệp (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · de Jakobsmuschel (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · fr coquille Saint-Jacques (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · fi kampasimpukka (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · yue 帶子 /带子 (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · nb musling (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · cy sgolop (curve on an edge) · es concha de peregrino (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · mi tipa (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · cy cragen fylchog (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · es callo de hacha (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · nl sint-jakobsschelp (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · hu jakabkagyló (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · fr pétoncle (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · la striāta (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea) · hu fésűkagyló (mollusc of the order Pectinoidea)

scallop en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈskæləp/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• /ˈskɒləp/ (UK)
• /ˈskɑləp/ (Canada, US)
• /ˈskæləp/ (UK)
• /ˈskɑləp/ (New-England, traditional)
• /ˈskæləp/ (Canada, US)
• /ˈskaləp/ (Ireland, Scotland)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈskɔləp/ (New-Zealand)
• (Australia) audio
• /ˈskɛləp/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Old French escalope (“shell”). Doublet of escalope. Related to scale and shell.

Meanings

1. To create or form an edge in the shape of a crescent or multiple crescents.
   • We can scallop coastlines to make them longer to serve more people. 1966, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, page 362:
   • Then, letting go of Option/ Alt, Gordon dragged the widget inward to scallop the corners. 2014, Sharon Steuer, The Adobe Illustrator WOW! Book for CS6 and CC, →ISBN, page 100:
   • On the vertical stone you have to move the glass fairly quickly or it will tend not only to facet but also to scallop, since there is less glass surface touching than with the horizontal. 2013, Anita & Seymour Isenberg, How to Work in Beveled Glass: Forming, Designing, and Fabricating, →ISBN:
   • The daughter of the family, Katie, was older than I, an accomplished seamstress who helped me sew my first garment, a pull-over apron, and showed me how to scallop the neckline of a linen blouse. 2012, Jo McDougall, Hilary Masters, Daddy’s Money: A Memoir of Farm and Family, →ISBN:
   • Although aggressive, the lesion tends to scallop and not destroy the adjacent osseous structures. 2010, Girish M. Fatterpekar, The Teaching Files: Head and Neck Imaging, →ISBN:
2. (transitive) To bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped
   • You can scallop, steam, poach, bread, brown, stuff, or put your fish in a sauce, and still have it moist and tender. 1988, Margie Kreschollek, The guaranteed goof-proof microwave cookbook, →ISBN, page 106:
   • By the way, sometimes cut or chop these potatoes quite fine, and after creaming them put crumbs on top and bake them; that is a good change. Of course you can scallop the second supply, too, or chop and brown them, or serve in any one of a dozen ways; look those things all up, so you will not get into a rut. 2015, Caroline French Benton, Living on a Little:
   • You can scallop them and if you're good in the kitchen, souffle them. 2007, Andy Rooney, Out of My Mind, →ISBN:
   • I stewed them, made them into soup, and crowned all my efforts by a grand success in scalloping them, deceiving every one into the belief that they were eating oysters. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 123:
   • And I can scallop those cold boiled potatoes and stew a can of tomatoes. 1908, Mary Mapes Dodge, St. Nicholas - Volume 35, Part 2, page 1104:
3. (intransitive) To harvest scallops
   • Jimmy used to scallop from October to March and bartend a few shifts here and there over the summers when scalloping is prohibited. 2012, Lisa Genova, Love Anthony, →ISBN:
   • He has never wanted to live anywhere but the Island, he says, where he can scallop or ice-boat in winter, depending on his mood; hunt bluebills and deer in season; look after his cows and his sheep. 1972, Phyllis Méras, First spring: a Martha's Vineyard journal, page 18:
   • The project has just now been completed only for me to find I may not be able to catch scallops by placing the F/V "Miss Sue Ann" into the Occasional catagory.^([sic]) Please let me know how, given the unusual factual situation that I find myself in, I can scallop more than 19 days. 1993, Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery, Fisheries Management Plan:

Forms

Translations (2)

ca escollar (To cut in the shape of a crescent) · fr échancrer (To cut in the shape of a crescent)