sherbet
noun
[ ˈʃəːbət ]
• a flavoured sweet effervescent powder eaten alone or made into a drink.
• "disks of fruit-flavoured rice paper filled with sherbet"
• (especially in Arab countries) a cooling drink of sweet diluted fruit juices.
• "the ladies floated around in diaphanous silks and served sherbet and other refreshments"
• water ice; sorbet.
• beer.
• "I went down the local pub for a few sherbets"
Origin:
early 17th century: from Turkish şerbet, Persian šerbet, from Arabic šarba ‘drink’, from šariba ‘to drink’. Compare with syrup.
