Found 3 items, similar to Scallop.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: scallop kerang
English → English (WordNet) Definition: scallop scallop n 1: 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.) [syn: crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle] 2: edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces [syn: scollop, escallop] 3: thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled [syn: cutlet, scollop, escallop] 4: edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions [syn: scollop, escallop] scallop v 1: decorate an edge with scallops; “the dress had a scalloped skirt” 2: form scallops in; “scallop the meat” [syn: scollop] 3: fish for scallops [syn: scollop] 4: shape or cut in scallops; “scallop the hem of the dress” [syn: scollop]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Scallop Scallop \Scal"lop\ (?; 277), n. [OF. escalope a shell, probably of German or Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish; cf. D. schelp shell. See Scale of a fish, and cf. Escalop.] [Written also scollop.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinid[ae]. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacob[ae]us ) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2. [1913 Webster] Note: The common edible scallop of the Eastern United States is Pecten irradians; the large sea scallop, also used as food, is Pecten Clintonius syn. Pecten tenuicostatus . [1913 Webster] 2. One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. [1913 Webster] 3. One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell. [1913 Webster] Scallop \Scal"lop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scalloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalloping.] 1. To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2. [1913 Webster] 2. (Cookery) To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters , below. [1913 Webster]