variants
or less commonly sherbert
1
: a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice
2
: an ice with milk, egg white, or gelatin added
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The rooms, two of which have private porches, are homey and lean feminine—pink and pale green bedding in the Jardins room, sherbet tones in the Pyrenees room.
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Choose from vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, butter pecan, lime sherbet, or orange sherbet—the warm, buttery waffle cone is the main event here.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025
Orange sherbet, with its pumpkin hue, works equally (and deliciously) well.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2025
Here’s a hat that Carrie would wear eating sherbet in Washington Square Park.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 14 July 2025
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Choose from vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, butter pecan, lime sherbet, or orange sherbet—the warm, buttery waffle cone is the main event here.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025
Orange sherbet, with its pumpkin hue, works equally (and deliciously) well.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2025
Here’s a hat that Carrie would wear eating sherbet in Washington Square Park.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 14 July 2025
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“Sherbet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sherbet. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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sherbet
noun
sher·bet
ˈshər-bət 
: a frozen dessert of fruit juice to which milk, egg white, or gelatin is added before freezing
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