Synonyms for sherbet

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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