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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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Sorb

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Sorb has 1 sense

sorb(n = noun.food) sorb apple - acid gritty-textured fruit; Array

is a kind of edible fruit

is a part of service tree, sorb apple, sorb apple tree, sorbus domestica

Verb Sorb has 1 sense

sorb(v = verb.contact) take up - take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption; Array

is one way to change state, turn

Derived forms noun sorbent₁, noun sorption₁

Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Sorb, n. [L. sorbus the tree, sorbum the fruit; cf. F. sorbe. See Service tree.].

The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the rowan tree. [1913 Webster]

Sorb apple, the fruit of the sorb, or wild service tree. -- Sorb tree, the wild service tree.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Sorb, n.
1 = service tree (see SERVICE(2)).
2 (in full sorb-apple) its fruit.

Etymology

F sorbe or L sorbus service tree, sorbum service-berry

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THESAURUS

Sorb

absorb, adsorb, assimilate, blot, blot up, chemisorb, chemosorb, digest, drink, drink in, drink up, engross, filter in, imbibe, infiltrate, osmose, percolate in, seep in, slurp up, soak in, soak up, sponge, swill up, take in, take up

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