scallop
/ˈskɑləp/ verb C2- To create or form an edge in the shape of a crescent or multiple crescents.
- To bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped
- To harvest scallops
He/she/it scallops · Past scalloped · Past participle scalloped · -ing form scalloping
Verb forms
- Base form
- scallop
- He/she/it
- scallops
- Past
- scalloped
- Past participle
- scalloped
- -ing form
- scalloping
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In vain she nibbled at the bread and butter and pecked at the crab-apple preserve out of the little scalloped glass dish by her plate.
Katie Boulter gave her a perfume bottle to keep slate water in, and Julia Bell copied carefully on a piece of pale pink paper scalloped on the edges the following effusion:
“All right,” said Joe, reaching for the blue scalloped vegetable dish.
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