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sorbet
[ sawr-bey, French sawr-be ]
/ sɔrˈbeɪ, French sɔrˈbɛ /
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noun
a frozen dairy-free dessert made with sweetened fruit juice or purée.
a tart or slightly sweet frozen fruit or vegetable purée, served either between courses to cleanse the palate or as a dessert: a refreshing beet sorbet.
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Origin of sorbet
First recorded in 1575–85; from French, from Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet “cool drink”; see origin at sherbet
Words nearby sorbet
Sorata, sorb, sorbate, sorbefacient, sorbent, sorbet, Sorbian, sorbic acid, sorbitol, sorbol, Sorbonist
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British Dictionary definitions for sorbet
sorbet
/ (ˈsɔːbeɪ, -bɪt) /
noun
a water ice made from fruit juice, egg whites, milk, etc
a US word for sherbet (def. 2)
Word Origin for sorbet
C16: from French, from Old Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet, from Arabic sharbah a drink
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