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SCALLOP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

escallop; scallop; scollop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("scallop" 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 "scallop"):

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 "scallop"):

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 ("scallop" is a member of...):

family Pectinidae; Pectinidae (scallops)

Derivation:

scallop (fish for scallops)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cutlet; escallop; scallop; scollop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

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

Derivation:

scallop (fish for scallops)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

escallop; scallop; scollop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("scallop" 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 "scallop"):

sea scallop (muscle of large deep-water scallops)

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

Holonyms ("scallop" 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:

scallop (fish for scallops)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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.)

Synonyms:

crenation; crenature; crenel; crenelle; scallop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

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

curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)

Derivation:

scallop (shape or cut in scallops)

scallop (decorate an edge with scallops)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shape or cut in scallops

Example:

scallop the hem of the dress

Synonyms:

scallop; scollop

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

form; shape (give shape or form to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

scallop (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.))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fish for scallops

Synonyms:

scallop; scollop

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

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

fish (catch or try to catch fish or shellfish)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

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

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Form scallops in

Example:

scallop the meat

Synonyms:

scallop; scollop

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "scallop" 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 scallop

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

escallop; scallop

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

cook; fix; make; prepare; ready (prepare for eating by applying heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Decorate an edge with scallops

Example:

the dress had a scalloped skirt

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

scallop (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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