sorb
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sorb¹
- /sɔːb/ UK
- /sɔɹb/ US
- /soːb/ Australia
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French sorbier (the tree), sorbe (the fruit), from Latin sorbus (the tree), sorbum (the fruit). See service tree.
noun sorbs
- The service tree, Sorbus domestica.
- Any of various related trees, including the wild service tree, S. torminalis, and the rowan, S. aucuparia.
- The fruit of any of these trees, especially of the service tree.
sorb²
- /sɔːb/ UK
- /sɔɹb/ US
- /soːb/ Australia
Where it comes from
Back-formation from absorb and adsorb; ultimately from Latin sorbeō.
verb sorbs · sorbing · sorbed
- To absorb or adsorb. 1971, E. K. Duursma, M. G. Gross, Chapter Six: Marine Sediments and Radioactivity, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Oceanography Panel on Radioactivity in the Marine Environment, Radioactivity in the marine environment, page 148, In sediments with large cation exchange capacities, as ca
Sorb³
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Sorbe, from Lower Sorbian Serb, the self-appointed name. Doublet of Serb.
noun Sorbs
- A member of a Slavic people living in Lusatia in eastern Germany.
Translations
Talk about this word "sorb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sorb. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sorb. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sorb "sorb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sorb.Cite this
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title = {sorb},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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