scollop
- noun
- /ˈskɑːləp/
- UK
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vieira
- Fresh scollops are often served grilled with lemon and herbs.
Examples
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The diver found a large scollop resting among the rocks.
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She prepared a delicious pasta dish with cream and scollops.
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I ordered a plate of scollops for dinner.
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Do you like scollops with garlic butter?
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Fresh scollops are often served grilled with lemon and herbs.
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She prepared a delicious pasta dish with cream and scollops.
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I ordered a plate of scollops for dinner.
Synonyms
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3.7
A sea animal with a fan-shaped shell that you can eat
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2.2
Meat from sea animals with a shell, like crab or clams
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A large sea animal with a shell that people eat for its tender meat
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3.7
A small edible shellfish with sweet, tender meat from shallow coastal waters
A sea shellfish with a fan-shaped shell eaten as food
A large edible sea clam that lives in cold Atlantic waters
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scollop comes from an old French word escalope that meant 'shell', and people used that name for the sea animal because of its flat, fan-shaped shell, so a scollop is the edible shellfish or its muscle.