Sorbet eɪ is a frozen dessert made from sweetened water with flavoring (typically fruit juice or fruit purée, wine, and/or liqueur). ==Classification and variants== Sorbet is often confused with Italian ice and often taken to be the same as sherbet. Sorbets/sherbets may also contain alcohol, which lowers the freezing temperature, resulting in so... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbet
Sor'bet noun [ French sorbet or Italian sorbetto or Spanish sorbete , from the same source as English sherbet . See Sherbet .] A kind of beverage; sherbet. Smolett. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/146