Synonyms for scallop

Most common

fairy chip · potato scallop · fritter · crenation · crenel · pink · pilgrim's shell

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A battered and deep-fried round potato slice.

2. n. 2

   Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.

3. n. 3

   One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell, especially in knitting and crochet.

Related words

Phrases

potato scallop pilgrim's scallop scallop squash sea scallop

Other spellings

scollop

Forms

Plural

scallops → fritters, smacks, crenations, crenels…

Example sentences

• fritter How much would a meat fritter and a cold Coca-Cola cost?
• pink Tom can't remember where he bought his pink socks.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

pink¹

5 letters

notch¹, smack¹

6 letters

indent², cutlet², crenel

7 letters

fritter²

8 letters

escalope

9 letters

crenation, crenature

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (indent² = 2 syllables).