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[sawrb] 
,–noun
| 1. | a European tree, Sorbus domestica. |
| 2. | Also called sorb apple. the fruit of this tree. |
Origin:
1520–30; < L sorbum serviceberry and sorbus service tree
1520–30; < L sorbum serviceberry and sorbus service tree
Related forms:
sorbic, adjective
Sorb
[sawrb] ,–noun
| a Wend. |
Origin:
1835–45; < G Sorbe ≪ Lusatian serbje, serbjo
1835–45; < G Sorbe ≪ Lusatian serbje, serbjo
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| sorb 1 (sôrb) tr.v. sorbed, sorb·ing, sorbs To take up and hold, as by absorption or adsorption. [Back-formation from absorb and adsorb.] sorb'a·bil'i·ty n., sorb'a·ble adj., sorb'ent adj. & n. |
| sorb 2 (sôrb) n.
[French sorbe, sorb fruit, from Old French sourbe, from Vulgar Latin *sorba, from Latin sorbum.] |
| Sorb (sôrb) n. A member of a Slavic people inhabiting the region of Lusatia in eastern Germany and southwest Poland. Also called Wend. [German Sorbe, perhaps variant of Serbe, Serb, from Serbian Srb, Serb.] |
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Sorb
Sorb\, n.[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.
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Sorb
1836 (implied in Sorbian), from Ger. Sorbe, from Slavic Serb, the national designation. Slavic people surviving in Lusatia, eastern Saxony, also known as Wends.
sorb
"fruit of the service tree," 1530, from Fr. sorbe, from L. sorbum "service-berry" (small, edible fruit of the European mountain ash), from sorbus, from PIE base *sor-/*ser- "red, reddish-brown." Hence sorbic acid (1815), so called because it was first isolated from these berries.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: sorb
Pronunciation: 'sorb
Function: transitive verb
: to take up and hold by either adsorption or absorption
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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