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/ˈtɜːbət/ · noun
Any of species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe..
“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.
Use turbot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Turbot means Any of species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe..
Common synonyms include psetta maxima.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“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.”
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