'Sherbet' definitions:
Definition of 'sherbet'
(from WordNet)
noun
A frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin [syn: sherbert, sherbet]
Definition of 'Sherbet'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A flavored water ice. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also sherbet powder. [1913 Webster]