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portobello

1 American  
[pawr-tuh-bel-oh, pohr-] / ˌpɔr təˈbɛl oʊ, ˌpoʊr- /

noun

plural

portobellos
  1. portabella.


Portobello 2 American  
[pawr-toh-bel-oh, pohr-] / ˌpɔr toʊˈbɛl oʊ, ˌpoʊr- /

noun

  1. a small seaport on the Caribbean coast of Panama, NE of Colón: harbor discovered and named by Columbus 1502; a principal city of Spanish colonial America.


Example Sentences

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A lady friend, finding out they didn’t have food at the apartment, invited him and his friend to her place overlooking the ocean for a dinner of pork chops and stuffed portobello mushrooms.

From Los Angeles Times

But he might also inspire a true-crime series like Marco Bellocchio’s “Portobello,” which hath no shortage of righteous indignation while also being an epic, a thriller and even a lament.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s a purposeful and near-rhythmic balance between the anguish of Tortora and the cold bureaucracy in which he’s held prisoner; too much of a tilt either way would have resulted in “Portobello” being procedural, or sentimental.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Portobello” is an event, not just because it’s HBO Max’s first original Italian production.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Heymans says Portobello Beach near Edinburgh is also a good place for urban aurora spotting as there are few streetlights and it faces north.

From BBC