sherbet
Sometimes sher·bert [shur-burt] /ˈʃɜr bɜrt/ . a frozen dessert made with sweetened fruit juice or purée, typically containing milk or cream, with egg white or gelatin often added.
a traditional Middle Eastern drink made of sweetened fruit juice diluted with water and ice.
Chiefly British. a sweetened powder moistened in the mouth and eaten as a fizzy confection or mixed with water to make a fizzy drink.
Origin of sherbet
1Words that may be confused with sherbet
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How to use sherbet in a sentence
Sherbert was a landmark decision of the liberal Warren Court.
Waiting for the Supreme Court on the Hobby Lobby Decision | Geoffrey R. Stone | June 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTwo years later, in 1963, the Supreme Court stepped through that door in Sherbert v. Verner.
Waiting for the Supreme Court on the Hobby Lobby Decision | Geoffrey R. Stone | June 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTKarl Lagerfeld's spring collection for Fendi featured flowing, sherbert-colored prints and fuzzy accessories.
Soon chocolate, sherbert, and tea were added; but the places still maintained their status as social and temperance factors.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersCairo is an English station to India, and the Howadji does not drink sherbert upon the pyramids, but champagne.
I shook myself, drank some sherbert, and kicked off one shoe impatiently.
Mr. Jacobs | Arlo Bates
British Dictionary definitions for sherbet
/ (ˈʃɜːbət) /
a fruit-flavoured slightly effervescent powder, eaten as a sweet or used to make a drink: lemon sherbet
US and Canadian a water ice made from fruit juice, egg whites, milk, etc: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): sorbet
Australian slang beer
a cooling Oriental drink of sweetened fruit juice
Southern African informal a euphemistic word for shit taboo
Origin of sherbet
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