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# scallop

noun (a scallop, scallops); verb (scallop, scallops, scalloped, scalloping)

«scallop» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A scallop is a sea creature with two fan-shaped, ridged shells; it swims by clapping its shells together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scallop/#m1)
2. Scallop is the meat of this animal eaten as seafood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scallop/#m2)
3. A scallop is one of a row of curves along an edge, like on a pie crust or lace; to scallop an edge is to cut it into such curves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scallop/#m3)
4. (Australia, regional) In Victoria and Tasmania a «potato scallop» is a slice of potato fried in batter (elsewhere called a potato cake). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scallop/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on sea life, scallops have many tiny eyes along the edge of their shell. In art and sewing, scalloped edges are a decorative pattern. In history, the scallop shell is the badge of pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela. Phrases: «scallop shell», «fried scallops», «scalloped edge», «potato scallop».

### Examples

- A scallop can swim by snapping its shells shut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scallop/#x1)
- Scallops have dozens of tiny blue eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scallop/#x2)
- We had pan-fried scallops at the seaside restaurant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scallop/#x3)
- Cut the paper with scalloped edges to make a pretty border. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scallop/#x4)
- Pilgrims to Santiago carry a scallop shell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scallop/#x5)
- At the fish and chip shop in Melbourne I ordered two potato scallops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scallop/#x6)
- The petrol company Shell uses a scallop shell as its logo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scallop/#x7)
- They were like no walrus, sea lion, seal, bear, whale, shark, fish, squid, or scallop that Kotick had ever seen before. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scallop/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a scallop, scallops. Said «SKOL-up» or «SKAL-up». Some people are allergic to shellfish like scallops. «Scalloped potatoes» (US) are sliced potatoes baked in sauce.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scallop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scallop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scallop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scallop.html) on Mova free.