sorbate
(noun) a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sorbate (plural sorbates)
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of sorbic acid.
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Source: Wiktionary
Sor"bate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. sorbate. See Sorbic.] (Chem.)
Definition: A salt of sorbic acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
