escalop

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/ɪˈskæləp//ɪˈskɒləp/

A form of escallop — A scallop.

OriginOld French escalope ← French escalope →
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Meanings

nounescalop (plural escalops)

plural escalops

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of escallop.
verbescalop (third-person singular simple present escalops, present participle escaloping, simple past and past participle escaloped)

present singular third person escalops · participle present escaloping · participle past escaloped · past escaloped

  1. datedDated form of scallop (“bake in a casserole”).

Origin

  1. Frenchescalope“a sort of cut of meat”
  2. Old Frenchescalope“shell”
  3. Englishescalop

Old French escalope (“shell”), French escalope (“a sort of cut of meat”).

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APA

escalop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escalop

MLA

“escalop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escalop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escalop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escalop.

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