Sorb Definition

sôrb
sorbs
verb
To take up and hold, as by absorption or adsorption.
American Heritage

(chemistry) To absorb or adsorb.

Wiktionary
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noun
sorbs
Any of a number of European trees of the rose family, as the rowan and the service tree.
Webster's New World
The fruit of any of these trees.
Webster's New World
A member of a Slavic people inhabiting the region of Lusatia in eastern Germany and southwest Poland.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Sorb

Noun

Singular:
sorb
Plural:
sorbs

Origin of Sorb

  • French sorbe sorb fruit from Old French sourbe from Vulgar Latin sorba from Latin sorbum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin sorbus the tree, sorbum the fruit; compare French sorbe. See service tree.

    From Wiktionary

  • German Sorbe perhaps variant of Serbe Serb from Serbian Srb, Serb

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Back-formation from absorb adsorb

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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