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Scallop

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 ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pec

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Adorn 76% connected

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

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Beautify 76% connected

To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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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…

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Cook 76% connected

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

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Curve 76% connected

Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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Decorate 76% connected

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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Embellish 76% connected

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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Fish 76% connected

A counter, used in various games.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Grace 76% connected

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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Hollow 76% connected

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

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Lamellibranch 76% connected

One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.

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Make 76% connected

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

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Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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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…

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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.

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Crenelle 74% connected

Alt. of Crenel

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Crenelle 74% connected

Alt. of Crenel

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Scollop 74% connected

See Scallop.

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Scollop 74% connected

See Scallop.

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Containing whole 2

Escallop 70% connected

See Escalop.

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Scollop 70% connected

See Scallop.

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Component part 2

Escallop 70% connected

See Escalop.

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Scollop 70% connected

See Scallop.

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Synonym 7

Crenation 92% connected

A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.

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Crenature 92% connected

A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle.

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Crenel 92% connected

See Crenelle.

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Crenelle 92% connected

Alt. of Crenel

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Cutlet 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Escallop 92% connected

See Escalop.

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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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