Meaning

4 senses
  1. (Northern England)A slice of meat.

  2. A roll or fold of flesh on the body.

  3. A small piece, portion, or slice of something.

  4. (obsolete)A slice of bacon, a rasher.

Origin

Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from Swedish kalops (“stewed meat”), from O

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”).

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Forms

plural: collops
Singularcollop
Pluralcollops

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcolloped

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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