scallop

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun 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.)
noun edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
noun thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled

From Old French escalope (“shell”). Doublet of escalope. Related to scale and shell.

John dear, it was that scalloped fire which Gargoyle was staring at. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
On each stalk was a flat scalloped top like a little umbrella. — The Secret of the Ninth Planet, Donald A. Wollheim
His broad fins are bored, and scalloped out like a lost sheep’s ear! — Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, Herman Melville

crenation, crenature, crenel, crenelle

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