escallop
/ɪˈskæləp/
verb
- To bake (food, especially potatoes or fish) in a creamy sauce, often with breadcrumbs on top.
- She learned to escallop vegetables from her grandmother's cookbook.
- I plan to escallop the potatoes with cheese and cream for dinner.
- The recipe says to escallop the fish fillets in a white sauce.
- To shape or decorate with a scalloped edge.
- She asked the tailor to escallop the collar of her blouse.
- The pastry chef learned to escallop the pie crust for a fancy finish.
- The carpenter used a special tool to escallop the edge of the wooden shelf.
noun
- A scallop, especially the edible marine mollusk or its shell.
- The restaurant's menu featured grilled escallops with lemon butter.
- She collected an escallop shell from the beach as a souvenir.
- The chef prepared a dish of escallops in a creamy white wine sauce.
- A decorative edging or pattern resembling a series of scallop shells.
- The antique mirror had an escallop border carved into the frame.
- The garden path was lined with stones cut in an escallop shape.
- She sewed an escallop trim along the hem of the curtain.
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