collop

/ˈkɒləp/

collop means A slice of meat.

collop is pronounced /ˈkɒləp/.

Etymology

Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from Swedish kalops (“stewed meat”), from Old Swedish kollops (“slices of beef stew”). Cognate to German Klops (“dish of meat made tender by beating”).

noun

A slice of meat.
A slice of bacon, a rasher.
A roll or fold of flesh on the body.
A small piece, portion, or slice of something.

verb

To cut into collops (thin slices)e.g.“This induced me to make a further trial, and to get some of them colloped as we do oysters in shells, I swallowed them up myself.” — 1773, Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies and Labours of the Ingenious in many Considerable Parts of the World, page 385:

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

colloped 71% match — Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops. vs collop →
cutlet 65% match — A thin slice of meat, usually fried. vs collop →
flitch 58% match — The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon. vs collop →
sliced 58% match — That has been cut into slices. vs collop →
paillard 58% match — A slice of meat pounded thin and grilled. vs collop →
choplet 58% match — A food product consisting of meat moulded into the form of a chop. vs collop →
cocklet 57% match — A very small haycock. vs collop →
capocollo 56% match — A type of cured pork sausage vs collop →