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

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

From Salon

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

From Salon

We make roughly five seasonal plated desserts with two composed sorbets and ice creams.

From Salon

For years, I've argued there may be no better summer dessert — outside of the realm of ice creams, sorbets and other frozen delights — than crisps and crumbles of all iterations.

From Salon

Mr Pirathapan cooked a winning menu of a seafood starter, a spiced venison main and a dessert of white chocolate and cardamom and saffron cremeux with a lime and chili sorbet.

From BBC

Related Words

• frozen yogurt 
• sherbet