: a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher
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Blend in a splash of coconut milk or a scoop of sorbet.
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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
So, if raw oysters with kimchi-apple sorbet are not your thing, there are options for more conventional tastes, like Italian Night on Tuesdays and Burger Night on Wednesdays.
—Simon Davidson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
The sake sorbet is a nod to the banana ice Popsicles that once lined Taiwanese freezer shelves in the 1950s—creamy, sweet, and banana in name only.
—Clarissa Wei, AFAR Media, 13 May 2025
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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
So, if raw oysters with kimchi-apple sorbet are not your thing, there are options for more conventional tastes, like Italian Night on Tuesdays and Burger Night on Wednesdays.
—Simon Davidson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
The sake sorbet is a nod to the banana ice Popsicles that once lined Taiwanese freezer shelves in the 1950s—creamy, sweet, and banana in name only.
—Clarissa Wei, AFAR Media, 13 May 2025
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“Sorbet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorbet. Accessed 13 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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