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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
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