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
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
