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Noun scallop has 4 senses
- scallop, crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle - 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.)
--1 is a kind of curve, curved shape
- scallop, scollop, escallop - edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
--2 is a kind of shellfish
--2 is a part of scallop, scollop, escallop
--2 has particulars: sea scallop; bay scallop
- cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop - thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
--3 is a kind of piece, slice
- scallop, scollop, escallop - edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
--4 is a kind of bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch
--4 is a member of Pectinidae, family Pectinidae
--4 has parts: scallop, scollop, escallop
--4 has particulars:
Verb scallop has 4 senses
- scallop - decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt"
--1 is one way to decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
Sample sentence:
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- scallop, scollop - form scallops in; "scallop the meat"
--2 is one way to hollow, hollow out, core out
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and scallop
- scallop, scollop - fish for scallops
--3 is one way to fish
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Somebody ----s
- scallop, scollop - shape or cut in scallops; "scallop the hem of the dress"
--4 is one way to shape, form
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