sherbet
IPA: ʃˈɝbʌt
noun
- A dessert of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients.
- An effervescent powder made of bicarbonate of soda, sugar and flavourings, intended to be eaten alone or mixed with water to make a drink.
- A traditional West and South Asian sweet drink prepared from fruits or flower petals.
- (UK, Australia, slang) An alcoholic drink, especially beer.
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Examples of "sherbet" in Sentences
- See the Sorbet and Sherbet articles.
- She found this in the orange sherbet.
- I found the orange sherbet in the fridge.
- In the US sherbet is a fruit and milk based frozen desert.
- Sherbet and popsicles, on the other hand, are recommended.
- I believe the word sherbet would be correct in the article.
- The sweetened pulp is a source of sherbet in the subcontinent.
- The sherbet lemon has a citrus taste and is sour and also tangy.
- Most of the current content of sherbet describes sherbet powder.
- Sodium carbonate is also used in the production of sherbet powder.
- However, this sherbet is so good that, in my opinion, it is worth enjoying more than once a year.
- The sherbet is good; she has mixed it so that the tartness of the fruit still tells beneath the syrup. next »
- Traditional sherbet, which is Arabic in origin, is a frozen mixture of sweetened fruit juice and water and occasionally, wine.
- I know "sherbert" is a colloquialism, but it is spelled "sherbet"--the other spelling isn't recognized at all by the OED or the spellchecker on this site.
- It seemed too creamy to be called sherbet, but chef/co-owner Veronica Laramie explained that if it contains dairy and eggs, it's ice cream; if it contains dairy and no eggs, it's sherbet.
- This piece featured pretty partnering by men in breeches and women in short sherbet-green tutus, but ultimately it seemed to be about the women in California Ballet and about the company's future.
- His relationship with Imam Abu Hanifah was quite complex; and he later had him arrested, and had him killed by poisoned sherbet the word sherbet is from the Arabic word sharabat--beverages according to some accounts.