adj
Meaning 1
Having an edge or border marked with semicircles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
scalloped
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adj
Meaning 2
Cooked gratin; baked in a typical type of sauce, usually with cheese, as a casserole, e.g. scalloped potatoes; scalloped corn
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adj
Meaning 3
Baked in a scallop shell.
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verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of scallop
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Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having a margin with rounded scallops
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crenate, crenated
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History
Etymology
From scallop + -ed. In culinary sense, originally referred to a seafood dish baked and served in a scallop shell, but now used more generally.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: geschulpt — having an edge marked with semicircles
- French: festonné — having an edge marked with semicircles
- French: découpé — having an edge marked with semicircles
- French: échancré — having an edge marked with semicircles
- German: gewellt — having an edge marked with semicircles
- German: ausgekehlt — having an edge marked with semicircles
- Italian: festonato — having an edge marked with semicircles
- Slovak: zvlnený — having an edge marked with semicircles
- Slovak: vlnitý — having an edge marked with semicircles
- German: überbacken — baked in layers...
- Slovak: zapekaný — baked in layers...
- French: cuit en coquille — baked in a scallop shell
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