different between scallop vs cutlet

English

Alternative forms

• scollop (rare, chiefly British)

Etymology

From Old French escalope (“shell”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): (rhymes with trollop) /?sk?l?p/, (rhymes with gallop) /?skæl?p/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): (rhymes with trollop) /?sk?l?p/, (rhymes with gallop) /?skæl?p/
• (traditional New England) IPA^(key): (rhymes with trollop) /?sk?l?p/
• (UK) IPA^(key): (rhymes with gallop) /?skal?p/, (rhymes with trollop) /?sk?l?p/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): (rhymes with gallop) /?sk?l?p/, (rhymes with trollop) /?sk?l?p/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): (rhymes with gallop) /?skal?p/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): (rhymes with gallop) /?skal?p/
• Rhymes: -æl?p, -?l?p

Noun

scallop (plural scallops)

1. Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the family Pectinidae which are free-swimming.

   Synonyms: (UK) scollop, (parts of Australia) sea scallop

2. One of a series of curves, forming an edge similar to a scallop shell.
3. (cooking) A fillet of meat, escalope.
4. (cooking) A form of fried potato.

   Synonyms: (parts of Australia) potato cake, (parts of Australia) potato scallop

5. A dish shaped like a scallop shell.

Usage notes

To specify bivalves, rather than fillets of meat or potatoes, sea scallop and similar terms may be used instead. This is particularly done when several of these are used, such as in cookbooks and in parts of Australia.

Derived terms

• Yesso scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis)

Translations

Verb

scallop (third-person singular simple present scallops, present participle scalloping, simple past and past participle scalloped)

1. To create or form an edge in the shape of a crescent or multiple crescents.
2. (transitive) To bake in a casserole (gratin), originally in a scallop shell; especially used in form scalloped
3. (intransitive) To harvest scallops

Translations

Further reading

• scallop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• callops

English

Etymology

From French côtelette (recorded in English since 1706), from Middle French costelette (“little rib”), from Old French coste (“rib, side”), from Latin costa. Influenced by English cut, as if from cut +? -let.

Noun

cutlet (plural cutlets)

1. A thin slice of meat, usually fried.

   Synonym: scallop

2. A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.
3. A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.
4. A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.

Derived terms

• nut cutlet

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cutlet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• cuttle