Definition of SORB

sorb

Plural: sorbs

Noun

  • acid gritty-textured fruit
  • 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.

Verb

  • take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
  • To absorb or adsorb.
  • -ED, -ING, -S to take up and hold by absorption or adsorption SORBABLE adj

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sorbier (the tree), sorbe (the fruit), from Latin sorbus (the tree), sorbum (the fruit). See service tree.

Synonyms

sorb apple, take up

Scrabble Score: 6

sorb: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sorb: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sorb: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

sorb is a valid Words With Friends word