sherbet

noun

sher·​bet ˈshər-bət 

variants or less commonly sherbert

ˈshər-bərt 

1

: a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice

2

: an ice with milk, egg white, or gelatin added

Examples of sherbet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Running parallel to the central chartreuse bar, the orange-sherbet end of the outer tube forms the horizontal upper framing edge of the work, feeling once again like thick construction paper or crisply folded cardstock. —Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026

Think early mornings with a mug of coffee on the dock, afternoons spent paddleboarding or cannonballing off the swim platform, and evenings that stretch long past golden hour as the sky turns sherbet over glassy water. —Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 23 Feb. 2026

Order your flavor in a waffle cone baked fresh daily, or follow Kish’s lead with a cup of rainbow sherbet. —Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026

The shop’s towering shelves are piled with fedoras, porkpies, boaters, and flat caps in the usual colors—browns, blacks, blues—as well as the hues of cantaloupe flesh, crème de violette, and raspberry sherbet. —David Kamp, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Turkish & Persian; Turkish şerbet, from Persian sharbat, from Arabic sharba drink

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

sherbet

noun

sher·​bet ˈshər-bət 

: a frozen dessert of fruit juice to which milk, egg white, or gelatin is added before freezing