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Escallop

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Broader term 10

Bivalve 76% connected

A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthene…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Cook 76% connected

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lamellibranch 76% connected

One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prepare 76% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ready 76% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shellfish 76% connected

Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slice 76% connected

A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Scollop 74% connected

See Scallop.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Scollop 74% connected

See Scallop.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Containing whole 2

Scallop 70% connected

Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Scollop 70% connected

See Scallop.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Component part 2

Scallop 70% connected

Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Scollop 70% connected

See Scallop.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Synonym 3

Cutlet 92% connected

A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Scallop 92% connected

Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Scollop 92% connected

See Scallop.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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