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sorb
1[ sawrb ]
noun
- a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- Also called sorb apple. the fruit of this tree.
sorb
2[ sawrb ]
verb (used with object)
- to gather on a surface either by absorption, adsorption, or a combination of the two processes.
Sorb
3[ sawrb ]
noun
- a Wend.
Sorb
1/ sɔːb /
noun
- a member of a Slavonic people living chiefly in the rural areas of E Germany between the upper reaches of the Oder and Elbe rivers (Lusatia) Also calledWendLusatian
sorb
2/ sɔːb /
noun
- See service treeanother name for service tree
- any of various related trees, esp the mountain ash
- Also calledsorb apple the fruit of any of these trees
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Derived Forms
- ˈsorbic, adjective
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Other Words From
- sorbic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Sorb, sorb, n. one of a Slavonic race in Saxony and the neighbouring parts of Prussia.
His fleshy breve was altered into an eyelike sorb; his magn had swelled and developed into a third arm, springing from the breast.
If you attempt to pass through Ifdawn without a sorb, you are simply committing suicide.
Spadevil pressed his hand on her sorb and kept it there for a few minutes, while he closed his own eyes.
When he removed it, Maskull observed that the sorb was transformed into twin membranes like Spadevil's own.
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