sorbet

[ sawr-bey, French 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

It continues: “Contemporary and authentic, his dishes feature cedar braised bison, griddled wild rice cakes, amaranth crackers with smoked white bean paste, three sisters salad, deviled duck eggs, smoked turkey soup, dried meats, roasted corn sorbet and hazelnut-maple bites.”

From Salon

The city’s annual Summer Flowers project has been funded by the couple, with 100,000 flowers planted as part of the wedding celebrations and they have also paid for free ice cream and sorbet from three local independent businesses to be given to visitors to Chester city centre through the day.

From BBC

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

Correll adds "We use soft serve in two of our desserts. We currently run a cheesecake soft serve with toasted milk crumble and strawberry preserve. Come summer we will run the watermelon sorbet with chocolate pearls and mint."

From Salon

He then capitalized on this, reinventing those familiar flavors at Ruse with a watermelon sorbet with lime curd and crunchy chocolate pearls.

From Salon

Related Words

• frozen yogurt
• sherbet