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scallop

nounverb 7 letters Scrabble 11 WWF 15
Definitions
noun

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

noun

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

verb

fish for scallops

verb

form scallops in

“scallop the meat”

noun

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

verb

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

noun

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”

verb

decorate an edge with scallops

“the dress had a scalloped skirt”

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