sherbet
Other forms: sherbets
Sherbet is a frozen dessert made of fruit juice and sugar. Though it looks like ice cream, sherbet is a little different since it's made with little or no milk or cream.
Since sherbet is typically made with fruit, it often comes in shockingly bright colors like pink, orange, or green and has a refreshing taste. This delicious summer treat has been around a long time, in some form at least — the word sherbet came into English in the 17th century from the Turkish word zerbet, meaning "drink made from diluted fruit juice and sugar." Make sure you don't add an extra "r" in sherbet: the ending is spelled "bet."
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a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatinsynonyms: sherberttype of:frozen dessertany of various desserts prepared by freezing
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