Standard Lemma guide

scallop

noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, US: /ˈskɑləp/
  • Canada, US: /ˈskæləp/
  • New-England, traditional: /ˈskɑləp/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: /ˈskɒləp/
  • UK: /ˈskæləp/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /ˈskɛləp/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈskɔləp/
  • Ireland, Scotland: /ˈskaləp/
  • Australian: /ˈskæləp/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æləp
  • rhymes with -ɒləp
  • CMU ARPABET: S K AE1 L AH0 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scollop, sea scallop

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell, especially in knitting and crochet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A fillet of meat, escalope.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A battered and deep-fried round potato slice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Ireland, UK, regional

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: potato cake, potato scallop, fritter, smack, fairy chip, potato fritter

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A sautéed potato (a shallow-fried round potato slice).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, rare, regional

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A dish shaped like a scallop shell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To create or form an edge in the shape of a crescent or multiple crescents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To harvest scallops

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scollop, escallop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch

Narrower terms: bay scallop, Pecten irradians, sea scallop, giant scallop, Pecten magellanicus

11

noun

Meaning 11

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cutlet, scollop, escallop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: piece, slice

12

noun

Meaning 12

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scollop, escallop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shellfish

Narrower terms: sea scallop, bay scallop

13

noun

Meaning 13

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.)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: curve, curved shape

14

verb

Meaning 14

shape or cut in scallops

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • scallop the hem of the dress

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scollop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shape, form

15

verb

Meaning 15

fish for scallops

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scollop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fish

16

verb

Meaning 16

form scallops in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • scallop the meat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: scollop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hollow, hollow out, core out

17

verb

Meaning 17

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: escallop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cook, fix, ready, make, prepare

18

verb

Meaning 18

decorate an edge with scallops

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the dress had a scalloped skirt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify

History

Etymology

From Old French escalope (“shell”). Doublet of escalope. Related to scale and shell.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: fiston — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Albanian: fiston deti — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Arabic: إِسْكَالُوب (ʔiskalūb) — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Belarusian: грабе́ньчык (hrabjénʹčyk) — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Bulgarian: кръгла мида (krǎgla mida) — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Catalan: petxina — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Chinese Cantonese: 帶子 /带子 (daai3 zi2) — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 扇貝 /扇贝 (shànbèi) — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Cornish: krogen brierin — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Cornish: krogen Sen Jamys — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Dutch: sint-jakobsschelp — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Esperanto: pekteno — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Finnish: kampasimpukka — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • French: coquille Saint-Jacques — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • French: pétoncle — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Galician: vieira — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • German: Jakobsmuschel — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • German: Pilgermuschel — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Greek: χτένι (chténi) — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Hungarian: Szent Jakab-kagyló — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Hungarian: jakabkagyló — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Hungarian: fésűkagyló — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Icelandic: hörpuskel — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Icelandic: hörpudiskur — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Ido: petonklo — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Indonesian: kapis — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Irish: muirín — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Italian: capasanta — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Japanese: 帆立貝 (hotategai) — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Japanese: 帆立 (hotate) — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Korean: 가리비 (garibi) — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Latin: striāta — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Latin: pecten — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Malay: kapis — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Manx: roagan — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Māori: tipa — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Māori: tupa — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Mi'kmaq: sasqale's — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Mi'kmaq: saqsgale's — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Navajo: chʼosh bitsʼaʼ doolghasígíí — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Norman: scalope — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: musling — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjell — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: musling — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Polish: przegrzebek — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Portuguese: vieira — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Russian: гребешо́к (grebešók) — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Scottish Gaelic: creachann — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jakobova kapica — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Spanish: vieira — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Spanish: venera — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Spanish: concha de peregrino — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Spanish: callo de hacha — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Swedish: mussla — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Swedish: pilgrimsmussla — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Thai: หอยเชลล์ (hɔ̌i-chel) — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Turkish: deniz tarağı — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Ottoman Turkish: طراق (tarak) — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Vietnamese: điệp — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Welsh: cragen fylchog — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Zazaki: salsalok — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Zazaki: salok — mollusc of the order Pectinoidea
  • Bulgarian: фестон (feston) — curve on an edge
  • French: échancrure — curve on an edge
  • Indonesian: pinggir lengkung — curve on an edge
  • Irish: scolb — curve on an edge
  • Turkish: fisto — curve on an edge
  • Ottoman Turkish: فیستو (fisto) — curve on an edge
  • Welsh: sgolop — curve on an edge
  • Catalan: escollar — To cut in the shape of a crescent
  • French: échancrer — To cut in the shape of a crescent
Real reading context

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