escallop
[ e-skol-uhp, e-skal- ]
/ ɛˈskɒl əp, ɛˈskæl- /
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verb (used with object)
noun
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Origin of escallop
1425–75; late Middle English <Middle French, Old French escalope, escalipe shell (of a nut, snail, etc.), perhaps <Middle Dutch scelpe, scolpe mollusk shell (Dutch schelp; perhaps akin to scalp)
OTHER WORDS FROM escallop
un·es·cal·loped, adjectiveWords nearby escallop
escalate, escalation, escalator, escalator clause, escallonia, escallop, escalope, Escambia, Escanaba, escapade, escape
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