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sherbet

Syllabification: (sher·bet)

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Definition of sherbet

noun

a frozen dessert made with fruit juice added to milk or cream, egg white, or gelatin.
North American a frozen fruit juice and sugar mixture served as a dessert or between courses of a meal to cleanse the palate.
(especially in Arab countries) a cooling drink of sweet diluted fruit juices.
British a flavored sweet effervescent powder eaten alone or made into a drink.

Origin:

early 17th century: from Turkish şerbet, Persian šerbet, from Arabic šarba 'drink', from šariba 'to drink'. Compare with syrup

The tendency to insert an r into the second syllable of sherbet is common; the misspelling sherbert accounts for around a quarter of the citations for the word in the Oxford English Corpus.

Remember that there is only one r in sherbet: the ending is -et.can you eat two sherbet sweets at once?

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