to scallop
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6.7
- verb
- /ˈskæl.əp/
- US
:
gratinar
- At the dinner party, we enjoyed scallopped squash baked in a creamy sauce.
- scalloped potatoes
- cheesy scalloped potatoes
- scalloped sweet potatoes
Examples
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The chef recommends that you scallop the vegetables before serving them with the main course.
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By the way, I gave your scalloped potatoes a trial run.
Blog text (20) -
I'm gonna get to the scalloped potatoes.
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It's gonna be weird without her criticizing my scalloped potatoes.
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And these scalloped potatoes are freakishly amazing!
Blog text (26) -
She sat calmly at the table, scraping up the last of the atomic yellow sauce from her scalloped potatoes.
Fiction book (1995) -
I have recently rediscovered scalloped potatoes after not making them for a few years—so easy and delicious.
Blog text (26) -
Rosa's contribution of roast chicken, scalloped potatoes, and a bean and onion casserole was warming in the oven.
Fiction book (1994) -
It was served with scalloped potatoes, and the whole entrée was an unexpected, good combination.
Blog text (11) -
Scalloped potatoes resting in milk, pools of oleo making indentations in the oval slices.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
To bake food in a creamy sauce with a breadcrumb topping
Compounds
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4.4
A fan-shaped shell with lines from the middle to the edge often used as a symbol
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember scallop (to bake in sauce) is that cooks often baked small slices or shellfish in cream or sauce, sometimes in shells, so 'scallop' became the name for that kind of baked dish.