turbot

noun

tur·​bot ˈtər-bət How to pronounce turbot (audio)
plural turbot also turbots
1
: a large European flatfish (Scophthalmus maximus synonym Psetta maxima) that is a popular food fish and has a brownish upper surface marked with scattered tubercles and a white undersurface
2
: a flatfish (such as Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) resembling the turbot

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Guests eventually took their places around a long table with decanters neatly lined up and reflecting the flickering light dozens of candles, to tuck into a menu of mousseline brioche, sliced wild sea bass with lime leaf and turbot roasted with chives — or beef Wellington — and chocolate entremet. Lily Templeton, WWD, 23 Oct. 2024 Meanwhile, hundreds of gold Vs surrounded the main dish of turbot with fall vegetables, hoisted to mouths with weighty Vuitton forks with a tubular handle. Miles Socha, WWD, 7 Oct. 2024 The menu is filled with French classics with a modern twist, including wild turbot topped with hazelnuts, pigeon with shallot marmalade, and vegetarian options like its in-season asparagus, all expertly paired with the perfect wine. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2024 Later on, there will be a Basque crab salad, a choice of rib-eye steak or turbot and a dessert of milhojas de crema y nata — a puff pastry cake with Chantilly cream and custard that was essentially Rahm’s wedding cake. Alan Blinder Doug Mills, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for turbot 

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French turbut

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of turbot was in the 14th century

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“Turbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turbot. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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