: a usually fruit-flavored ice served as a dessert or between courses as a palate refresher
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This compact Cuisinart can whip up a batch of ice cream, sorbet or frozen yogurt in under 30 minutes using a heavy duty motor and mixing paddle.
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Ho Lin, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
This all sounds similar to eating sorbet, but thanks to spiky pink pepper and powdery violet, the actual olfactory experience is vibrant yet sensual.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2025
For tasks other than juicing—such as making nut milks and butters or ice creams and sorbets—you’ll need a juicer with the relevant food processing parts.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025
Mochi is a confection made from ice cream or sorbet wrapped in a pounded sticky rice shell.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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Ho Lin, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
This all sounds similar to eating sorbet, but thanks to spiky pink pepper and powdery violet, the actual olfactory experience is vibrant yet sensual.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2025
For tasks other than juicing—such as making nut milks and butters or ice creams and sorbets—you’ll need a juicer with the relevant food processing parts.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025
Mochi is a confection made from ice cream or sorbet wrapped in a pounded sticky rice shell.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Sorbet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorbet. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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sorbet
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sor·bet
sȯr-ˈbā 
: a fruit-flavored ice served especially as a dessert
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