SHERBERT

sherbert, sherbet

(noun) a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Sherbert (plural Sherberts)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sherbert is the 25136th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 987 individuals. Sherbert is most common among White (93.82%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Berreths, Herbster, herberts

Noun

sherbert (plural sherberts)

(proscribed) Alternative spelling of sherbet

Usage notes

• Variant spelling, common especially (but not only) in American English, based on a variant pronunciation that is very common but still often considered incorrect or uneducated. Some American dictionaries no longer label this spelling or pronunciation as nonstandard. The spelling is still labeled as incorrect in some British dictionaries and not even mentioned in others despite making up about one quarter of all examples in the Oxford English Corpus.

Anagrams

• Berreths, Herbster, herberts

Source: Wiktionary



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