what does scallop mean?
SCALLOP as NOUN
- Meaning
- edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
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- Meaning
- thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
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- Meaning
- edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells
- served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
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- 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.)
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SCALLOP as VERB
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- scallop the hem of the dress
Hypernyms(s) scallop is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) scallop is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- decorate an edge with scallops
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- the dress had a scalloped skirt
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