SHERBET


Meaning of SHERBET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈʃə:bət ]

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

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.