sorbet
noun
sor·bet sȯr-ˈbā 
also ˈsȯr-bət
: a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Frozen dessert, such as sorbet. Cocktail (Dragon Fruit Sparkling Sangria, anyone?). 
Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2022 Some of the stars of the menu are the tiradito, a Peruvian dish similar to carpaccio, with pickles and ginger sorbet, and the milk-fed veal. ELLE, 5 Aug. 2022 The trick with a smoothie bowl is to add a minimal amount of liquid to keep the mixture as thick and sorbet-like as possible. Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022 Here are some of the easier dessert recipes from our archives, including a peanut butter pie and a strawberry sorbet that takes 10 minutes. New York Times, 4 July 2022 Sample pickle sorbet and pickle gelato at Dolce at the Strand and fried pickles at The Sub Station and Blue Tip BBQ. cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022 Dragon Fruit Sorbet, described as an exotic, sweet sorbet using a tropical red pitahaya dragon fruit puree, is the latest flavor to come from Graeter's. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 2 Aug. 2022 Guests then had the opportunity to cleanse their palates with lemon sorbet served in a crystal goblet and garnished by a slice of blood orange. Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 23 Feb. 2022 Tara Cannistraci was finishing dinner with a friend at El Barrio in Scarsdale, N.Y., in early May 2017, when Michael Todd Mondrone, a part owner of the Mexican restaurant, sent over some sorbet as a way to introduce himself. New York Times, 8 July 2022 See More
Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2022 Some of the stars of the menu are the tiradito, a Peruvian dish similar to carpaccio, with pickles and ginger sorbet, and the milk-fed veal. ELLE, 5 Aug. 2022 The trick with a smoothie bowl is to add a minimal amount of liquid to keep the mixture as thick and sorbet-like as possible. Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022 Here are some of the easier dessert recipes from our archives, including a peanut butter pie and a strawberry sorbet that takes 10 minutes. New York Times, 4 July 2022 Sample pickle sorbet and pickle gelato at Dolce at the Strand and fried pickles at The Sub Station and Blue Tip BBQ. cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022 Dragon Fruit Sorbet, described as an exotic, sweet sorbet using a tropical red pitahaya dragon fruit puree, is the latest flavor to come from Graeter's. Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 2 Aug. 2022 Guests then had the opportunity to cleanse their palates with lemon sorbet served in a crystal goblet and garnished by a slice of blood orange. Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 23 Feb. 2022 Tara Cannistraci was finishing dinner with a friend at El Barrio in Scarsdale, N.Y., in early May 2017, when Michael Todd Mondrone, a part owner of the Mexican restaurant, sent over some sorbet as a way to introduce himself. New York Times, 8 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, sweetened fruit juice, from Old Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet — more at sherbet
First Known Use
1864, in the meaning defined above