sorbet

[sawr-bey, sawr-be]

noun

1. a frozen dairy-free dessert made with sweetened fruit juice or purée.

2. 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.

sorbet

/ -bɪt, ˈsɔːbeɪ /

noun

1. a water ice made from fruit juice, egg whites, milk, etc

2. a US word for sherbet

Word History and Origins

Origin of sorbet¹

First recorded in 1575–85; from French, from Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet “cool drink”; sherbet

Word History and Origins

Origin of sorbet¹

C16: from French, from Old Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet, from Arabic sharbah a drink

Example Sentences

And although technically not a bake, one of my favorite things to make out of pears is sorbet.

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As luck has it, there is a gelato joint next door and so we continue his lead, sit on the terrace, people-watch and while away and enjoy lemon sorbet.

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Dessert was a refreshing Asian pear sorbet with cinnamon date punch, the perfect light end to a sensational meal.

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Water ice is somewhere between a slushie and a sorbet, with delicate ice crystals that make it wonderfully refreshing.

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They are the color of blush and sidewalk chalk, with the texture of something halfway between sorbet and nostalgia.

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Related Words

• frozen yogurt 
• sherbet