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sorb

Pronunciation: /sɔːb/

The English word “sorb” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The service tree, Sorbus domestica.
  2. Any of various related trees, including the wild service tree, S. torminalis, and the rowan, S. aucuparia.
  3. The fruit of any of these trees, especially of the service tree.

verb

  1. To absorb or adsorb.

Etymology

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

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