escallop
/'skɔləp/ Cách viết khác : (scollop) /'skɔləp/ (escallop) /is'kɔləp/
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Definition
Noun:
- A type of shellfish: An edible marine bivalve mollusk with a distinctive fluted, fan-shaped shell. It moves by clapping its shells together to expel water in a jet.
- A thin slice of meat: A thin, boneless slice of meat, typically veal, that is often flattened and cooked by frying or broiling.
- The edible muscle of a mollusk: Specifically, the adductor muscle of certain mollusks like scallops, served as seafood, often broiled, poached, or used in salads and sauces.
Verb:
- To bake with a topping: To prepare a food, typically by baking it in a sauce (like milk or cream) and often covering it with breadcrumbs.
Examples of Usage
Noun (Shellfish):
- We found an escallop on the beach, its fan-shaped shell was beautiful.
- The diver collected escallops from the seabed.
Noun (Slice of Meat):
- The recipe calls for an escallop of veal, pounded thin.
- She ordered veal escallop with a lemon sauce.
Noun (Mollusk Muscle):
- The seafood platter included grilled escallops.
- He made a salad with fresh escallops and a vinaigrette.
Verb:
- She will escallop the potatoes with cheese and breadcrumbs.
- The fish was escalloped in a creamy sauce.
Advanced Usage
- "To escallop" vegetables: This verb form is often used in cooking contexts for preparing dishes like potatoes or oysters in a casserole style with sauce and topping.
- For the potluck, she decided to escallop the corn in a baking dish.
Variants and Related Words
Scallop: This is the more common modern spelling for all meanings of "escallop." The words are interchangeable.
- We ate scallops (or escallops) for dinner.
- She wore a dress with a scalloped (or escalloped) hem.
Escalloped (adjective): Describes food prepared in the baked, topped manner, or an edge cut into a series of curves.
- escalloped potatoes
- an escalloped neckline on a blouse
Synonyms
- Noun (Shellfish/Muscle): Scallop, shellfish, bivalve.
- Noun (Slice of Meat): Cutlet, scallop, schnitzel (for veal/pork).
- Verb: Bake, gratinée (to cook with a browned topping).
Related Phrases
- To cook en escallop: A phrase, derived from French, meaning to cook in the style of a scallop shell or a shell-shaped dish.
- The oysters were cooked en escallop.
Related Idioms
(This word does not commonly feature in idiomatic expressions. Its usage is primarily literal and culinary.)
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
Verb
- bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top