Found 2 items, similar to sorb.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sorb
sorb
v : take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by
absorption [syn:
take up]
sorb
n : acid gritty-textured fruit [syn:
sorb apple]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sorb
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.
[1913 Webster]
Sorb apple, the fruit of the sorb, or wild service tree.
Sorb tree, the wild service tree.
[1913 Webster]