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  portobello

  noun

  portabella.
• Portobello
  Portobello

  noun

  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.

portobello

¹ American  

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

noun

• portobellos
  plural

1. portabella.

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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.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• portobellos
  plural

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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 ● Feb. 23, 2026

This recipe from Italy Magazine specifically calls for leek, green onion, kale, brussel sprouts and portobello mushrooms.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024

The first course will be a marinated millet and grilled corn kernel salad with compressed watermelon and avocado sauce, followed by a main course of stuffed portobello mushrooms and creamy saffron-infused risotto.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

The main course will include portobello mushrooms and creamy saffron-infused risotto, with rose and cardamom-infused strawberry shortcake featured for dessert.

From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2023

Mushroom kits allow you to harvest delicious varieties such as portobello, shiitake and oyster mushrooms.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2023

A £5m fund to build 472 homes between the 2026/27 and 2028/29 financial years was approved by councillors in February, alongside money for public realm improvements at Hunter Square, Cramond and Portobello.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

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 ● Feb. 14, 2026

On a recent Friday afternoon in London, Jarvis Cocker, 62, is musing over the suit he’s just picked up from the Portobello Road Market: “I’m quite pleased with it,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025

Other houses and businesses in the capital have also since been attacked, including a house on Hay Drive in Niddrie and a garage in Portobello.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2025

The sale had gone through quickly, and Immie and her friends had shopped in the Portobello Road market for antiques and in Harrods for textiles.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

But white button, brown cremini and giant portobellos are all the same variety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

Grilled portobellos are delicious, but they have almost no protein, so they don’t make for a very sustaining meal.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2022

This dish of grilled portobellos with chile sauce is definitely in the second camp.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2022

And in the decades since, thanks to their beefy umami and big ego, portobellos have become the darling of the fungus world, especially for vegetarians.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2021

To make his Angus Burgers, Motley first makes duxelles, the classic French mixture of mushrooms, aromatics and seasonings; he uses a blend of creminis and portobellos, plus morels when they are in season.

From Washington Post