sherbet

noun

• 1 [mass noun] British a flavoured sweet effervescent powder eaten alone or made into a drink: disks of fruit-flavoured rice paper filled with sherbet

• 2(especially in Arab countries) a cooling drink of sweet diluted fruit juices: the ladies floated around in diaphanous silks and served sherbet and other refreshments

• 3North American water ice; sorbet.

• 4Australian humorous beer: [count noun]:I went down the local pub for a few sherbets