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
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.
sorb (third-person singular simple present sorbs, present participle sorbing, simple past and past participle sorbed)
(chemistry) To absorb or adsorb.
• BORs, Bros., ORBs, bors, bros, bros., orbs, robs
Sorb (plural Sorbs)
A member of a Slavic people living in Lusatia in eastern Germany.
• 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
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
