Meaning of SORB
| Pronunciation: | | sorb
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- [n] acid gritty-textured fruit
- [v] take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption; in chemistry
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| | Synonyms: | | sorb apple, take up |
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| | See Also: | | absorb, adsorb, change state, chemisorb, edible fruit, service tree, sorb apple tree, Sorbus domestica, turn | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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