plural turbot also turbots
1
: a large European flatfish (Psetta maxima) that is a popular food fish and has a brownish upper surface marked with scattered tubercles and a white undersurface
2
: any of various flatfishes (such as Scophthalmus maximus or Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) resembling the turbot
Examples of turbot in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
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
Details regarding the menu remain under wraps, but the Monsieur Dior at the house’s historic Paris flagship serves everything from pasta and salad to turbot and steak frites.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2024
Grilled turbot with salsa verde shines even brighter with a rich slick of hummus on the bottom.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
Think wild turbot from the Basque coast, thumb-size barnacles from Galicia, and the fattest red prawns straight from the Costa Brava.
—Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
Start off with a peppery, herbal Spanish gin and tonic and Iberico ham or Osetra caviar before moving on to grilled Spanish turbot, veal Milanese or the signature risotto.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 22 Sep. 2021
Flatfish range in color from a speckled brown, black, and beige, like a black sea turbot; or spotted, like the blue-and-yellow peacock flounder.
—National Geographic, 11 June 2020
But the two dishes diners keep coming back for are the Blackmore wagyu flown in from Australia and the Spanish turbot, which has a deep golden crust of gruyere and is served in a velouté.
—Dallas News, 16 June 2022
The upscale spot with modern Brazilian fare will offer a New Year’s Eve menu with a Wagyu kibbeh cru, duck confit with red sorrel, rice grits risotto with country ham, dry-aged prime rib, and poached Spanish turbot.
—Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
Alan Blinder Doug Mills, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Details regarding the menu remain under wraps, but the Monsieur Dior at the house’s historic Paris flagship serves everything from pasta and salad to turbot and steak frites.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2024
Grilled turbot with salsa verde shines even brighter with a rich slick of hummus on the bottom.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
Think wild turbot from the Basque coast, thumb-size barnacles from Galicia, and the fattest red prawns straight from the Costa Brava.
—Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
Start off with a peppery, herbal Spanish gin and tonic and Iberico ham or Osetra caviar before moving on to grilled Spanish turbot, veal Milanese or the signature risotto.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 22 Sep. 2021
Flatfish range in color from a speckled brown, black, and beige, like a black sea turbot; or spotted, like the blue-and-yellow peacock flounder.
—National Geographic, 11 June 2020
But the two dishes diners keep coming back for are the Blackmore wagyu flown in from Australia and the Spanish turbot, which has a deep golden crust of gruyere and is served in a velouté.
—Dallas News, 16 June 2022
The upscale spot with modern Brazilian fare will offer a New Year’s Eve menu with a Wagyu kibbeh cru, duck confit with red sorrel, rice grits risotto with country ham, dry-aged prime rib, and poached Spanish turbot.
—Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'turbot.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near turbot
Cite this Entry
“Turbot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turbot. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share