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   sherbet

   /ˈʃəːbət/

   noun

   • 1. a flavoured sweet effervescent powder eaten alone or made into a drink: British "disks of fruit-flavoured rice paper filled with sherbet"
   • 2. (especially in Arab countries) a cooling drink of sweet diluted fruit juices: "the ladies floated around in diaphanous silks and served sherbet and other refreshments"
   • 3. water ice; sorbet. North American
   • 4. beer: humorous Australian "I went down the local pub for a few sherbets"

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

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