: a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher
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Issey Miyake dress made from semi-sheer pleats in a gradient of sorbet tones with a shoulder-engulfing neckline.
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Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2025
Before dessert there was a slice of fine pecorino with arugula and chestnut honey, followed by a simple olive oil cake with summer fruits and delightful ricotta sorbet.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Dessert is either a dark chocolate cookie with vanilla semifreddo, hazelnuts and strawberry or strawberry and herb sorbet.
—Constance Ogle, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
For more fruit flavor, try swapping in strawberry ice cream or mango or raspberry sorbet.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2025
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Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2025
Before dessert there was a slice of fine pecorino with arugula and chestnut honey, followed by a simple olive oil cake with summer fruits and delightful ricotta sorbet.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Dessert is either a dark chocolate cookie with vanilla semifreddo, hazelnuts and strawberry or strawberry and herb sorbet.
—Constance Ogle, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
For more fruit flavor, try swapping in strawberry ice cream or mango or raspberry sorbet.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2025
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“Sorbet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorbet. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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sorbet
noun
sor·bet
sȯr-ˈbā 
: a fruit-flavored ice served especially as a dessert
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