escallop

/ɪˈskæləp/
verb
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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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