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SCOLLOP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scollop mean? 

SCOLLOP (noun)
  The noun SCOLLOP has 3 senses:

1. edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream saucesplay

2. thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiledplay

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

  Familiarity information: SCOLLOP used as a noun is uncommon.


SCOLLOP (verb)
  The verb SCOLLOP has 3 senses:

1. form scallops inplay

2. fish for scallopsplay

3. shape or cut in scallopsplay

  Familiarity information: SCOLLOP used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCOLLOP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

escallop; scallop; scollop

Hypernyms ("scollop" is a kind of...):

shellfish (meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scollop"):

sea scallop (muscle of large deep-water scallops)

bay scallop (muscle of small choice shallow-water scallops)

Holonyms ("scollop" is a part of...):

escallop; scallop; scollop (edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions)

Derivation:

scollop (fish for scallops)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cutlet; escallop; scallop; scollop

Hypernyms ("scollop" is a kind of...):

piece; slice (a serving that has been cut from a larger portion)

Derivation:

scollop (fish for scallops)


Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

escallop; scallop; scollop

Hypernyms ("scollop" is a kind of...):

bivalve; lamellibranch; pelecypod (marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together)

Meronyms (parts of "scollop"):

escallop; scallop; scollop (edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scollop"):

bay scallop; Pecten irradians (a small scallop inhabiting shallow waters and mud flats of the Atlantic coast of North America)

giant scallop; Pecten magellanicus; sea scallop (a large scallop inhabiting deep waters of the Atlantic coast of North America)

Holonyms ("scollop" is a member of...):

family Pectinidae; Pectinidae (scallops)

Derivation:

scollop (fish for scallops)


SCOLLOP (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they scollop  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it scollops  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: scolloped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: scolloped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: scolloping  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Form scallops in

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

scallop; scollop

Context example:

scallop the meat

Hypernyms (to "scollop" is one way to...):

core out; hollow; hollow out (remove the interior of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

In the summer they like to go out and scollop


Sense 2

Meaning:

Fish for scallops

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

scallop; scollop

Hypernyms (to "scollop" is one way to...):

fish (catch or try to catch fish or shellfish)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

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

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

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


Sense 3

Meaning:

Shape or cut in scallops

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

scallop; scollop

Context example:

scallop the hem of the dress

Hypernyms (to "scollop" is one way to...):

form; shape (give shape or form to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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