SORBING

Verb

sorbing

present participle of sorb

Noun

sorbing (uncountable)

absorption or adsorption

Anagrams

• Borings, borings, robings

Source: Wiktionary


SORB

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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EARTHSHAKING

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