sorbet
Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between…Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.
» Tom bought an ice cream and sorbet maker.
Том купил аппарат для приготовления мороженого и сорбета.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.
After dinner we had an orange sorbet that was very refreshing.
Sorbet
- an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice
Examples
5 sentencesTom bought an ice cream and sorbet maker.
ruТом купил аппарат для приготовления мороженого и сорбета.
What would you like for dessert: sorbet or fresh fruit?
Raspberry sorbet is the perfect summertime treat on a hot day.
I like not only ice cream, but also sorbet and frozen yoghurt.
In North America, the word "sherbet" refers to a sorbet with milk.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French sorbet, borrowed from Italian sorbetto, borrowed from OttomanBorrowed from Middle French sorbet, borrowed from Italian sorbetto, borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شربت (şerbet), borrowed from Classical Persian شَرْبَت (šarbat), borrowed from Arabic شَرْبَة (šarba), from شَرِبَ (šariba).
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Forms
plural: sorbetsSynonyms
3 synonyms- an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice:water ice
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable