SORB

sorb, sorb apple

(noun) acid gritty-textured fruit

sorb, take up

(verb) take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

sorb (plural sorbs)

The service tree, Sorbus domestica.

Any of various related trees, including the wild service tree, S. torminalis, and the rowan, S. aucuparia.

The fruit of any of these trees, especially of the service tree.

Etymology 2

Verb

sorb (third-person singular simple present sorbs, present participle sorbing, simple past and past participle sorbed)

(chemistry) To absorb or adsorb.

Anagrams

• BORs, Bros., ORBs, bors, bros, bros., orbs, robs

Etymology

Noun

Sorb (plural Sorbs)

A member of a Slavic people living in Lusatia in eastern Germany.

Anagrams

• BORs, Bros., ORBs, bors, bros, bros., orbs, robs

Source: Wiktionary

Sorb, n.Etym: [L. sorbus the tree, sorbum the fruit; cf. F. sorbe. See Service tree.] (Bot.) (a) The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the rowan tree. (b) The fruit of these trees. Sorb apple, the fruit of the sorb, or wild service tree.

– Sorb tree, the wild service tree.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition