From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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2. A flavored water ice.
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3. A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid,
sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an
effervescing drink; -- called also {sherbet powder}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sherbet
n 1: a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar,
but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin [syn:
{sherbert}, {sherbet}]
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