🦪 A sea shellfish 🥩 A thin meat slice 〰️ To make wavy edges 🎣 To catch scallops

to scollop

9.9

To make a series of small curved edges on something

verb
/ˈskɑːləp/

: festonear

You need a special cutter if you want to scollop the edges of the pastry evenly.

Examples

To finish the dress, she decided to scollop the hem.
I love how she scolloped the edges of the cake.
The chef showed us how to scollop the meat for a decorative presentation.
She decided to scollop the edges of the fabric.
The chef showed us how to scollop the meat for a decorative presentation.
To finish the dress, she decided to scollop the hem.
You need a special cutter if you want to scollop the edges of the pastry evenly.

Synonyms

to scallop

vsto scollop

4 7.5

To make small rounded curves along the edge of something

forms edges with curved projections rather than only small rounded curves

Surface Forms

scollop infinitive

scolloped past

scolloped past participle

scolloping present participle

scollops third person singular

Etymology

To scollop (verb) comes from the image of the shell's wavy edge, so to scollop something is to make a row of curved, scallop-like edges as decoration.