Meaning

3 senses

  1. The service tree, Sorbus domestica.

  2. Any of various related trees, including the wild service tree, S. torminalis, and the rowan, S. aucuparia.

  3. The fruit of any of these trees, especially of the service tree.

    Sporapfel

More definitions
  • acid gritty-textured fruit

Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French sorbier (the tree), sorbe (the fruit), from Latin sorbus (the

Borrowed from Middle French sorbier (the tree), sorbe (the fruit), from Latin sorbus (the tree), sorbum (the fruit). See service tree.

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Forms

plural: sorbs
Singularsorb
Pluralsorbs

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Derivedsorb applesorbicsorbinsorbitesorbitol

See also

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