Sorb
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noun.
Any of several Eurasian trees of the genus
Sorbus
of the rose family, especially a service tree.
noun.
The fruit of any of these plants.
transitive verb.
To take up and hold, as by absorption or adsorption.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A member of a Slavic race resident in Saxony and adjoining parts of Prussia. Also called
Wend
, or
Lusatian Wend.
noun.
The service-tree,
Pyrus
(
Sorbus
)
domestica.
noun.
The fruit of any of the above-named trees.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The wild service tree (
Pyrus torminalis
) of Europe; also, the rowan tree.
noun.
The fruit of these trees.
noun.
the fruit of the sorb, or wild service tree.
noun.
the wild service tree.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The wild
service tree
(Pyrus torminalis) of Europe.
noun.
The
rowan
tree.
noun.
The
fruit
of either of these trees.
verb.
To
absorb
or
adsorb
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
noun.
acid gritty-textured fruit
Word Usage
"Typhoid epizootic sorb increased depends upon srm-rhotard vaccine."
Form
sorb-apple
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
edible fruit
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
absorb
adsorb
assimilate
blot
blot up