Synonyms for sorbet
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sawr-bit, sawr-bey; French sawr-be |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɔr bɪt, sɔrˈbeɪ; French sɔrˈbɛ |
Définition of sorbet
Origin :- 1580s, "cooling drink of fruit juice and water," from French sorbet (16c.), probably from Italian sorbetto, from Turkish serbet (see sherbet). Perhaps influenced in form by Italian sorbire "to sip." Meaning "semi-liquid water ice as a dessert" first recorded 1864.
- As in ice cream : noun frozen dessert
- Sorbet should not freeze hard; it should be a creamy liquid and ice cold.
- Extract from : « Desserts and Salads » by Gesine Lemcke
- And now the sorbet cools our throats and leads us up to the game.
- Extract from : « The Art of Entertaining » by M. E. W. Sherwood
- For a sorbet, add a meringue made of the beaten white of egg and sugar to the partially frozen ice.
- Extract from : « Civic League Cook Book » by Anonymous
- Freeze, and serve in sorbet glasses, with Eau de Vie de Dantzig on top.
- Extract from : « The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book » by Victor Hirtzler
- Outside, by the cracked pool, it was coming on slow twilight and that magic, tropical blood-orange sky like a swirl of sorbet.
- Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
- A sorbet made of the ripe fruit whets the appetite and the pulp is used locally for bites of venomous animals.
- Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
- Sorbet is a mixture of flavors prepared as for water ices or a frozen punch.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book » by Mary A. Wilson
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