Definition of "sherbet" []

• A frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice, sugar, and water, and also containing milk, egg white, or gelatin. (noun)
• Chiefly British A beverage made of sweetened diluted fruit juice. (noun)
• Australian An alcoholic beverage, especially beer. (noun)

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• "His relationship with Imam Abu Hanifah was quite complex; and he later had him arrested, and had him killed by poisoned sherbet the word sherbet is from the Arabic word sharabat--beverages according to some accounts."
• "The sherbet is good; she has mixed it so that the tartness of the fruit still tells beneath the syrup. next »"
• "However, this sherbet is so good that, in my opinion, it is worth enjoying more than once a year."