English Explanatory Dictionary

sorb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The service tree, Sorbus domestica.
  2. Any of various related trees, including the wild service tree, S. torminalis, and the rowan, S. aucuparia.
  3. The fruit of any of these trees, especially of the service tree.
verb
  1. To absorb or adsorb.
noun
  1. A member of a Slavic people living in Lusatia in eastern Germany.

Pronunciation

/sɔːb/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sorb.wav /sɔɹb/ /soːb/

Word forms

sorb sorbs sorbing sorbed

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sorbier (the tree), sorbe (the fruit), from Latin sorbus (the tree), sorbum (the fruit). See service tree.

Related words

absorb absorption adsorb adsorption sorption Wend

Derived words

sorb apple sorbic sorbin sorbite sorbitol biosorb desorb presorb sorbability sorbable sorbed phase Sorbdom Sorbia Sorbian Sorbish
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