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sherbet
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sherbet \Sher"bet\, 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.
A flavored water ice.
A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also sherbet powder.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
alt. 1 A food of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients. 2 A powder made of bicarbonate of soda, sugar and flavourings, intended to be eaten alone or mixed with water to make a drink. 3 A traditional West and South Asian sweet drink prepared from fruits or flower petals. n. 1 A food of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients. 2 A powder made of bicarbonate of soda, sugar and flavourings, intended to be eaten alone or mixed with water to make a drink. 3 A traditional West and South Asian sweet drink prepared from fruits or flower petals.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Sherbet (aka Highway or The Sherbs) are one of the most prominent and successful Australian rock bands of the 1970s. The 'classic line-up' of Daryl Braithwaite on vocals, Tony Mitchell on bass guitar, Garth Porter on keyboards, Alan Sandow on drums, and Clive Shakespeare on guitar provided their teen-orientated pop style. In 1976 Shakespeare left and was soon replaced by Harvey James. Sherbet's biggest singles were " Summer Love" (1975) and "Howzat" (1976), both reaching number one in Australia. "Howzat" was also a top 5 hit in the United Kingdom. The band was less successful in the United States, where "Howzat" peaked at No. 61. As The Sherbs they also reached No. 61 in 1981 with "I Have the Skill". The group disbanded in 1984. Subsequent re-unions have occurred since 1998.
According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, "alongside Skyhooks, Sherbet was the most successful Australian pop band of the 1970s. With a run of 20 consecutive hit singles to its credit, and 17 albums that yielded ten platinum and 40 gold disc awards, Sherbet was the first domestic act to sell a million dollars' worth of records in Australia". In 1990 Sherbet were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame alongside classical composer and pianist, Percy Grainger. On 15 January 2011 Harvey James died of lung cancer. On 15 February 2012 Clive Shakespeare died of prostate cancer.
Sherbet is an album by Sherbet released in 1978.
is the second mini-album by the Japanese girl group Buono!. It was released on August 22, 2012.
Usage examples of "sherbet".
A bath attendant brought them cups of frozen sherbet and bowed out of their presence.
He poured lemon sherbet for himself and Sabin and lifted the fluted cup to his lips.
Strongfist raised the horn to his lips and lowered it again, the sherbet untasted.
Usamah clapped his hands and sent an attendant to fetch sherbet and sweetmeats.
Crying out his sherbet with a hoarse croaking, carrying the bronze can in his right hand and in his left the little basket with the snow hi it, Barba Jannis approached, hideous with his pointed head.
And what the Christians had in mind but dared not yet express, he shouted out loud with the sherbet in summer and the salepi in winter, and brought relief to Christendom.
But she reclined on soft cushions behind the lattice of the balcony on the street, drinking sherbet, chewing mastic and eyeing the passers-by.
When their meal was ended, the hermit, who had not himself eaten a morsel, removed the fragments from the table, and placing before the Saracen a pitcher of sherbet, assigned to the Scot a flask of wine.
On a small stand of ebony beside the couch stood a silver vase, containing sherbet of the most exquisite quality, cold as snow, and which the thirst that followed the use of the strong narcotic rendered peculiarly delicious.
Lambs roasted whole, and game and poultry dressed in pilaus, were piled in vessels of gold, and silver, and porcelain, and intermixed with large mazers of sherbet, cooled in snow and ice from the caverns of Mount Lebanon.
Ilderim knew not of the formation of ice, but the munificent Soldan cools his sherbet with snow.
While they were speaking, the Archduke of Austria, who stood a little apart, was struck with the mention of iced sherbet, and took with pleasure and some bluntness the deep goblet, as the Earl of Huntingdon was about to replace it.
Mono was at work with poultice and blister sherbet every time they halted.
Relkin had already used blister sherbet to cool the sores and shrink them.
The straps were all lined with rabbit fur to ease the chafing, but Relkin knew he would have to work hard with blister sherbet and lotion for the next few stops.