Sorb
pronunciation
How to pronounce Sorb in British English:
UK [sɔ:b]
How to pronounce Sorb in American English:
US [sɔrb]
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- Noun:
- acid gritty-textured fruit
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- Verb:
- take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
Word Origin
- Sorb (n.)
- 1843, from German Sorbe, from Slavic Serb, the national designation. Slavic people surviving in Lusatia, eastern Saxony, also known as Wends. Related: Sorbian (1836); earlier Sorabian (1788), from Medieval Latin Sorabi.
- sorb (n.)
- "fruit of the service tree," 1520s, from French sorbe, from Latin sorbum "service-berry" (small, edible fruit of the European mountain ash), from sorbus, of uncertain origin.
Example
- 1. Experimental study of the esophageal remodeling in situ induced by sorb porcine thoracic aortas acellular matrix .
- 2. The effect of water stress on net photosynthetic rate and photosynthetically active radiation par of sorb .