"sorb" meaning in English

See sorb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɔːb/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɔɹb/ [General-American], /soːb/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sorb.wav Forms: sorbs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French sorbier (the tree), sorbe (the fruit), from Latin sorbus (the tree), sorbum (the fruit). See service tree. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|sorbier}} Middle French sorbier, {{der|en|la|sorbus}} Latin sorbus Head templates: {{en-noun}} sorb (plural sorbs)
  1. The service tree, Sorbus domestica. Categories (lifeform): Pome fruits
    Sense id: en-sorb-en-noun-wkKhABfp Disambiguation of Pome fruits: 29 28 30 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 22 19 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 17 17 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 49 29 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 21 18 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 44 29 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 48 28 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 46 29 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 46 29 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 54 23 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 51 25 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 45 28 27
  2. Any of various related trees, including the wild service tree, S. torminalis, and the rowan, S. aucuparia. Categories (lifeform): Pome fruits Translations (rowan tree): sorbier [masculine] (French), σουρβιά (sourviá) [feminine] (Greek), criafol [feminine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sorb-en-noun-eTlIdH2Q Disambiguation of Pome fruits: 29 28 30 12 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 17 17 34 Disambiguation of 'rowan tree': 29 55 16
  3. The fruit of any of these trees, especially of the service tree. Categories (lifeform): Pome fruits Translations (fruit): ὄον (óon) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), sorbe [feminine] (French), corme [feminine] (French), rañote [masculine] (Galician), sorba [feminine] (Galician), Sporapfel [masculine] (German), σούρβο (soúrvo) [neuter] (Greek), sorbum [neuter] (Latin), serba [feminine] (Spanish), criafol [feminine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sorb-en-noun-FcaVSpHj Disambiguation of Pome fruits: 29 28 30 12 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 17 17 34 Disambiguation of 'fruit': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sorb apple
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /sɔːb/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɔɹb/ [General-American], /soːb/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sorb.wav Forms: sorbs [present, singular, third-person], sorbing [participle, present], sorbed [participle, past], sorbed [past]
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin sorbeo, sorbere. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|sorbeo|sorbeo, sorbere}} Latin sorbeo, sorbere Head templates: {{en-verb}} sorb (third-person singular simple present sorbs, present participle sorbing, simple past and past participle sorbed)
  1. (chemistry) To absorb or adsorb. Categories (topical): Chemistry Categories (lifeform): Pome fruits Derived forms: biosorb, desorb, presorb, sorbability, sorbable, sorbed phase Related terms: absorb, absorption, adsorb, adsorption, sorption Translations (Translations): sorboida (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sorb-en-verb-lA1KE0Bo Disambiguation of Pome fruits: 29 28 30 12 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 17 17 34 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σουρβιά"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "rowan tree",
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    },
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      "sense": "fruit",
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      "word": "corme"
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      "word": "rañote"
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      "sense": "fruit",
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      "word": "Sporapfel"
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      "sense": "fruit",
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      "sense": "fruit",
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      "word": "ὄον"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "fruit",
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      "word": "serba"
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          "text": "1971, E. K. Duursma, M. G. Gross, Chapter Six: Marine Sediments and Radioactivity, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Oceanography Panel on Radioactivity in the Marine Environment, Radioactivity in the marine environment, page 148,\nIn sediments with large cation exchange capacities, as calculated from the mineral composition (Duursma and Eisma, unpublished), the radionuclides were somewhat more strongly sorbed (Figure 2)."
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