What does Sherbet mean?
Definitions for Sherbet
ˈʃɜr bɪt; -bərtsher·bet
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Princeton's WordNet
sherbert, sherbetnoun
a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
Wiktionary
sherbetnoun
A food of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients.
sherbetnoun
A powder made of bicarbonate of soda, sugar and flavourings, intended to be eaten alone or mixed with water to make a drink.
Etymology: şerbet, from شربت, from
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sherbetnoun
The juice of lemons or oranges mixed with water and sugar. Dict.
Etymology: sharbat, Arabick.
They prefer our beer above all other drinks; and considering that water is with the rarest, especially in this clime, the dearest of sherbets, and plenty of barley, it would prove infinitely profitable to such as should bring in the use thereof. Sand.
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sherbet
Sherbet is a sweet, flavored, effervescent powder or crystalline substance often used in desserts or beverages. It is also commonly known as a type of frozen dessert made from fruit or fruit juices, sugar, and milk or cream. The term can also refer to a sweet fizzy drink made by dissolving such powder in water.
Webster Dictionary
Sherbetnoun
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
Sherbetnoun
a flavored water ice
Sherbetnoun
a preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also sherbet powder
Etymology: [Ar. sherbet, shorbet, sharbat, properly, one drink or sip, a draught, beverage, from shariba to drink. Cf. Sorbet, Sirup, Shrub a drink.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sherbet
shėr′bet, n. a drink of water and fruit juices, sweetened and flavoured. [Through Turk. from Ar. sharbat, a drink—shariba, he drinks.]
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Etymology and Origins
Sherbet
The national beverage in Arabia, so called from shariba, to drink, because it is taken at a single draught; hence the same name applied to effervescing liquors in this country.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SHERBET
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sherbet is ranked #140157 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Sherbet surname appeared 119 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sherbet.
95.8% or 114 total occurrences were White.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Sherbet in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Sherbet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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- شربةArabic
- сорбе, шербетBulgarian
- Scherbet, Brausepulver, SorbetGerman
- ŝorbetoEsperanto
- شربتPersian
- sorbettiFinnish
- sorbetFrench
- शर्बतHindi
- granita, sorbettoItalian
- シャーベットJapanese
- шербетKazakh
- 셔벗Korean
- सर्बतMarathi
- serbatMalay
- sorbet, sorvetePortuguese
- шербетRussian
- šerbet, шербе, šerbe, шербетSerbo-Croatian
- şerbetTurkish
- شربتUrdu
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