n.
Pronunciation: ' skä-l ə p, ' ska-, ' sko ̇ -
Variant: also scol · lop \ ' skä-, ' sko ̇ - \
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English scalop, from Anglo-French escalope shell, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch schelpe shell
Date: 15th century
1 a : any of numerous marine bivalve lamellibranch mollusks (family Pectinidae) that have a radially ribbed shell with the edge undulated and that swim by opening and closing the valves b : the adductor muscle of a scallop as an article of food
2 a : a valve or shell of a scallop b : a baking dish shaped like a valve of a scallop
3 : one of a continuous series of circle segments or angular projections forming a border (as on cloth or metal)
4 : PATTYPAN
5 [French escalope, probably from Middle French, shell] : a thin slice of boneless meat or fish <veal scallop s > ― called also escalope
scallop 2a