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Grammar : Noun
Spell : shur-bit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɜr bɪt



Définition of sherbet

Origin :
  • c.1600, zerbet, "drink made from diluted fruit juice and sugar," and cooled with fresh snow when possible, from Turkish serbet, from Persian sharbat, from Arabic sharba(t) "a drink," from shariba "he drank." Formerly also sherbert.Related to syrup, and cf. sorbet.
  • As in ice cream : noun frozen dessert
Example sentences :
  • "Impossible," he said, dabbing at sherbet spots on his trousers.
  • Extract from : « A Fine Fix » by R. C. Noll
  • And now do you suppose I can get you a cup of coffee or a sherbet?
  • Extract from : « Jewel Weed » by Alice Ames Winter
  • Syrup, shrub, and sherbet, all originate from the same word.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • Their best drink was "coffa" and sherbet, which is only honey and water.
  • Extract from : « Captain John Smith » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • We will have a sherbet together, and after that we will eat.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Folk and Fairies » by Katharine Pyle
  • When the mixture begins to set, pile lightly in sherbet cups.
  • Extract from : « A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband » by Louise Bennett Weaver
  • Does this mean one of sherbet and seven of rum, or the converse?
  • Extract from : « Cakes & Ale » by Edward Spencer
  • This sherbet is of a beautiful lavender color when finished.
  • Extract from : « The Laurel Health Cookery » by Evora Bucknum Perkins
  • After a few moments of conversation, tea, coffee, and sherbet are handed round.
  • Extract from : « The Human Race » by Louis Figuier
  • Then the Egyptian bade the Hindoos bring new water and sherbet.
  • Extract from : « God Wills It! » by William Stearns Davis

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