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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
sherbet n 1: a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin [syn: sherbert, sherbet] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Sherbet \Sher"bet\, n. [Ar. sherbet, shorbet, sharbat, properly, one drink or sip, a draught, beverage, from shariba to drink. Cf. Sorbet, Sirup, Shrub a drink.] 1. A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A flavored water ice. [1913 Webster] 3. A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also sherbet powder. [1913 Webster] | ||
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