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# sherbet

«sherbet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sweet fizzy powder eaten as a sweet, often with a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (sherbet — uncountable; a sherbet, sherbets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) Sherbet is a sweet fizzy powder eaten as a sweet, often with a lollipop or liquorice to dip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherbet/#m1)

2) (USA) Sherbet is a frozen fruit dessert like a soft ice cream, made with a little milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherbet/#m2)

3) (Australia slang) «A sherbet» can mean a beer (old-fashioned). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherbet/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children buy sherbet sweets (sherbet dip, sherbet lemons) or US sherbet as a dessert. In science, sherbet fizzes because acid and bicarbonate of soda react with water in your mouth. Phrases: «sherbet dip», «sherbet lemon», «orange sherbet».

### examples

- I licked the lolly and dipped it in sherbet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherbet/#x1)
- Sherbet fizzes on your tongue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherbet/#x2)
- (USA) We had orange sherbet for dessert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherbet/#x3)
- Sherbet lemons are my favourite sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherbet/#x4)
- Each bag of sherbet costs 30p; 5 bags cost £1.50. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherbet/#x5)
- The sherbet fizzes because of a reaction between acid and soda. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherbet/#x6)

### note

Spelling: sher-bet; many people say «sherbert» but the standard spelling has one r. Meaning changes by country: a fizzy powder in the UK and Australia, a frozen dessert in the USA.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sherbet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sherbet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.