: a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher
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Moritz Eis, in the Altstadt, makes exceptional gelato and sorbet using all-natural ingredients.—A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2024 Giardino di Capri Though not a restaurant per se, Anacapri cooking school Giardino di Capri offers private tasting and dinners, as well as gelato, sorbet, and limoncello-making workshops, cheese and wine tasting, picnic baskets, and more.—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2024 Frozen blueberry lemonade combines lemon sorbet, frozen lemonade concentrate, and frozen blueberries into one refreshing cocktail.—Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 30 June 2024 Ice Cream Maker $199 $149 Walmart A great gift for the whole family, this ice cream maker can crank out two 16-ounce pints and even be used to create milkshakes and sorbet.—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sorbet
Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, sweetened fruit juice, from Old Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet — more at sherbet
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