: a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher
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One dollop of the sorbet-like formula melts into skin, breaking down full-coverage makeup with zero aggressive rubbing, while a blend of five cica extracts helps soothe and comfort sensitive skin.
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Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 27 Apr. 2026
The result is a root-to-tip, local land-and-sea-to-plate approach, which sees citrus rind transformed into sorbets, herb stalks turned into flavorful powders, and fish intestines used for garum sauce.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
For dessert, there is $19 chocolate mousse with raspberry sauce, strawberry cake and raspberry sorbet.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Water ice is a frozen treat similar to gelato or sorbet.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
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Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 27 Apr. 2026
The result is a root-to-tip, local land-and-sea-to-plate approach, which sees citrus rind transformed into sorbets, herb stalks turned into flavorful powders, and fish intestines used for garum sauce.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
For dessert, there is $19 chocolate mousse with raspberry sauce, strawberry cake and raspberry sorbet.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Water ice is a frozen treat similar to gelato or sorbet.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Sorbet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorbet. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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sorbet
noun
sor·bet
sȯr-ˈbā 
: a fruit-flavored ice served especially as a dessert
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