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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A thin slice of meat, especially veal, normally shallow-fried.
2. 2
   edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions wordnet
3. 3
   A scallop.
4. 4
   thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled wordnet
5. 5
   edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   Dated form of scallop (“bake in a casserole”). alt-of, dated
2. 2
   bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

cutletcutletscallopscallopscallopscollop

Etymology

From Middle French escalope.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.