scallop

Noun

• edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions

• thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

• edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces

• 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.)

Verb

• shape or cut in scallops
  • scallop the hem of the dress
    

• fish for scallops

• form scallops in
  • scallop the meat
    

• bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top

• decorate an edge with scallops
  • the dress had a scalloped skirt
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  scollop , escallop , cutlet , crenation , crenature , crenel , crenelle