scallop (n)
crenation (n)
crenature (n)
crenel (n)
crenelle (n)

n13874558

type n
lex_filenum 25
def one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
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Hypernym curve, curved shape
Derivationally related form scallop → scallop; scallop → scallop
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Hyponym curve, curved shape
Derivationally related form scallop → scallop; scallop → scallop

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