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sherbet
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[ˈʃəːbət], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a flavoured sweet effervescent powder eaten alone or made into a drink
(e.g: disks of fruit-flavoured rice paper filled with sherbet)
- (especially in Arab countries) a cooling drink of sweet diluted fruit juices
(e.g: the ladies floated around in diaphanous silks and served sherbet and other refreshments)
- water ice; sorbet
- beer
(e.g: I went down the local pub for a few sherbets)
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Origin
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early 17th century: from Turkish şerbet, Persian šerbet, from Arabic šarba ‘drink’, from šariba ‘to drink’. Compare with syrup
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