sorb : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sorb	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sorb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sorb n acid gritty-textured fruit Synonym(s): sorb, sorb apple v take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption Synonym(s): sorb, take up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. {Sorb apple}, the fruit of the sorb, or wild service tree. {Sorb tree}, the wild service tree.