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Word entry · 6 letters

turbot

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"Flat food fish"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɜːbət/Part of speech nounSorted borttuStarts with TEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a large brownish European flatfish

Word origin

From Middle English turbot, turbut, from Anglo-Norman turbut, Old French turbot, torbot, from Old Swedish tornbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt, flatfish”).

Used in a sentence

  • “With vegetables in it, you know. Then turbot with thick sauce, then ... roast beef; and mind it’s good. Yes, and capons, perhaps, and then sweets.”
  • Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.

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