sherbet
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈʃɜːrbɪt/
- US
:
sorbete
- Can I have strawberry sherbet with gummy worms and chocolate syrup on top?
- orange sherbet
- lime sherbet
- raspberry sherbet
For my dessert, I had like green sherbet, plankton flavoured ice cream with sweet potato.
- For my dessert, I had like green sherbet, plankton flavoured ice cream with sweet potato.
Examples
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Over tea and sherbet, the conversation began anew.
Fiction book (1995) -
For dessert, we enjoyed a refreshing scoop of sherbet made with fresh raspberry juice.
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Now, take that sherbet out and serve it the way you should.
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But, Joe, I had lemon sherbet.
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But they do like rainbow sherbet.
Fiction book (1994) -
And they also had sherbet lemon flavour.
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We arrived at nine and only had time for a bowl of lime sherbet and some small talk before Claire turned in.
Fiction book (1994) -
That's a lemon sherbet, that is.
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The fruit salad was canned but served with a little scoop of lime sherbet, which was refreshing, everyone agreed.
Fiction book (1999) -
But then, as dinner ended and we started on a luscious peach sherbet dessert, he turned serious and pulled a small device out of a pocket and turned it on with a single switch.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
A cold sweet dessert made from fruit juice and sugar without milk
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2.7
A frozen sweet made from fruit juice or crushed fruit without milk, with a soft, slushy texture
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2.7
A sweet cold food made by freezing milk or fruit
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6.3
A cold sweet dessert that uses fruit juice and sometimes milk
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2.6
A frozen sweet made from fruit juice and sugar without milk, with a soft texture
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Sherbet comes from the Persian word sharbat, which means 'a sweet drink'. It first named a cold, sweet drink and later the frozen, fruity dessert we eat today, so think of sherbet as a 'sweet drink turned into a frozen treat'.