: a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher
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For the final course, guests can taste cream puffs, sorbet and other desserts.
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 18 June 2025
The Covington sources its products from island purveyors, whipping up gourmet eats that include mushroom ragu, tuna tartare and strawberry-basil sorbet.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
Blend in a splash of coconut milk or a scoop of sorbet.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2025
Once in the reception hall, attendees were served a full plated dinner — starting with a sorbet course and followed by a pasta course (mushroom risotto, pasta with red sauce, and cheese raviolis in a béchamel).
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 18 June 2025
The Covington sources its products from island purveyors, whipping up gourmet eats that include mushroom ragu, tuna tartare and strawberry-basil sorbet.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
Blend in a splash of coconut milk or a scoop of sorbet.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2025
Once in the reception hall, attendees were served a full plated dinner — starting with a sorbet course and followed by a pasta course (mushroom risotto, pasta with red sauce, and cheese raviolis in a béchamel).
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Sorbet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorbet. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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sorbet
noun
sor·bet
sȯr-ˈbā 
: a fruit-flavored ice served especially as a dessert
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