n.
1.one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
2.edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells
3.thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
4.edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions scallop v.
1.decorate an edge with scallops
2.form scallops in
3.fish for scallops
4.shape or cut in scallops
Idiom of the Day
a far cry from (something)
something very different from something
The man's statement today is a far cry from what he told me yesterday.