: a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher
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Warmer pinks are said to increase energy and motivation, while pastels (like Foxglove C2-512, a sorbet shade that leans towards a rosy peach) bring a relaxing feel to a space.—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026 Its funky mysteries flicker in my brain until the perilla sorbet a couple of courses later washes it away.—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026 My favorite dish was a pandan and coconut custard mochi cake served with coconut sorbet.—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025 After a decade of selling sorbets at the Poway Farmers Market, So Cal Famous Beach Ice opened its first retail outlet in Poway on July 6.—Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sorbet
Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, sweetened fruit juice, from Old Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet — more at sherbet
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