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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sher•bet /ˈʃɜrbɪt/USA pronunciation n. - FoodAlso, sher•bert /ˈʃɜrbɚt/USA pronunciation . a frozen, fruit-flavored ice with milk, egg white, or gelatin added: [uncountable]a cone of orange sherbet.[countable]I'll have two orange sherbets, please.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sher•bet (shûr′bit),USA pronunciation n. - Fooda frozen fruit-flavored mixture, similar to an ice, but with milk, egg white, or gelatin added.
- British Terms, Fooda drink made of sweetened fruit juice diluted with water and ice.
- Fooda frozen fruit or vegetable purée, served either between courses to cleanse the palate or as a dessert.
- Arabic sharbah a drink
- Persian sharbat
- Turkish
- 1595–1605
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sherbet /ˈʃɜːbət/ n - a fruit-flavoured slightly effervescent powder, eaten as a sweet or used to make a drink
- US Canadian a water ice made from fruit juice, egg whites, milk, etc
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): sorbet - Austral slang beer
- a cooling Oriental drink of sweetened fruit juice
Etymology: 17th Century: from Turkish şerbet, from Persian sharbat, from Arabic sharbah drink, from shariba to drink |