sorbet

[ sawr-bey, French sawr-be ]
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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.

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Origin of sorbet

1
First recorded in 1575–85; from French, from Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet “cool drink”; see origin at sherbet

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British Dictionary definitions for sorbet

sorbet

/ (ˈsɔːbeɪ, -bɪt) /


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

  2. a US word for sherbet (def. 2)

Origin of sorbet

1
C16: from French, from Old Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet, from Arabic sharbah a drink

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