sorb

A noun referring to a fruit that is acidic and has a gritty texture.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant le fruit acide et granuleux du sorbier, ou plus généralement un fruit à la chair granuleuse et au goût acidulé.

1. Fruit of the service tree C1 formal

   A small, acidic, gritty-textured fruit that comes from the service tree or sorb tree, often used in preserves or alcoholic drinks.

   • The sorb fruit is too tart to eat raw but makes excellent jelly.
   • They harvested sorb berries to make a traditional liqueur.
   • The gritty texture of the sorb is characteristic of this fruit.

   🇫🇷Fruit du sorbier (corme)

   Synonymes: sorb apple

• sorbs plural form
• sorbs' possessive plural form
• sorb's possessive singular form

An obsolete verb meaning to drink, suck in, or absorb; also used figuratively to mean to imbibe or take in knowledge.

• 🇫🇷Verbe archaïque signifiant boire, absorber ou engloutir ; également employé au sens figuré pour désigner le fait d'assimiler ou d'absorber des connaissances.

1. Absorb or adsorb C1 formal scientific

   To take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption.

   • The material can sorb moisture from the air.
   • Activated charcoal is used to sorb toxins in the body.
   • The sponge sorbs water quickly.

   🇫🇷Sober (absorber ou adsorber)

   Synonymes: absorbadsorbimbibesoak upsuck uptake up

   Antonymes: desorbemitexuderelease

• sorbed past participle
• sorbed past simple
• sorbing present participle
• sorbs third person singular