: a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher
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For tasks other than juicing—such as making nut milks and butters or ice creams and sorbets—you’ll need a juicer with the relevant food processing parts.
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Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025
Mochi is a confection made from ice cream or sorbet wrapped in a pounded sticky rice shell.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Halfway through, a palate cleanser arrived in the form of a perfect dollop of cherry sorbet and rose petal foam.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
This mix of textures, with the crunchy meringue and smooth fruit sorbet, is a delight.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025
Mochi is a confection made from ice cream or sorbet wrapped in a pounded sticky rice shell.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Halfway through, a palate cleanser arrived in the form of a perfect dollop of cherry sorbet and rose petal foam.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2025
This mix of textures, with the crunchy meringue and smooth fruit sorbet, is a delight.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Sorbet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorbet. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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sorbet
noun
sor·bet
sȯr-ˈbā 
: a fruit-flavored ice served especially as a dessert
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