sherbet

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sher=bet

CIDE DICTIONARY

sherbet, n. [Ar. sherbet, shorbet, sharbat, properly, one drink or sip, a draught, beverage, from shariba to drink. Cf. Sorbet, Sirup, Shrub a drink.].

•  A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  A flavored water ice.  [1913 Webster]
•  A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also sherbet powder.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sherbet, n.
1 a a flavoured sweet effervescent powder or drink. b US a water-ice.
2 a cooling drink of sweet diluted fruit-juices esp. in Arabic countries.
3 Austral. joc. beer.

Etymology

Turk. serbet, Pers. serbet f. Arab. sarba drink f. sariba to drink: cf. SHRUB(2), SYRUP