Definitions for turbit

turbit tur·bit

Spelling: [tur-bit]
IPA: /ˈtɜr bɪt/

Turbit is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in turbit (birttu).

Definitions for turbit

noun

  1. one of a breed of domestic pigeons having a stout, roundish body, a short head and beak, and a ruffled breast and neck.

Origin of turbit

1680-90; variant of turbot; apparently because, like the fish, the bird is toplike in outline

Examples for turbit

The direction and length of certain feathers have been much modified, as in the hood of the Jacobin and the frill of the turbit.

Soup top and bottom (white and brown), removed by turbit and sammon with immense boles of lobster-sauce.

The Pouter inflates both its true crop and œsophagus; the turbit inflates in a much less degree the œsophagus alone.

Word Value for turbit
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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