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sherbet


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  2.  A  flavored  water  ice. 
 
  3.  A  preparation  of  bicarbonate  of  soda,  tartaric  acid, 
  sugar,  etc.,  variously  flavored,  for  making  an 
  effervescing  drink;  --  called  also  {sherbet  powder}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sherbet 
  n  :  an  ice  containing  milk  [syn:  {sherbert},  {sorbet}] 




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