A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

sherbet Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with S » sheepwalk ... shifty » sherbet


sherbet
noun
    1. A fruit-flavoured powder eaten as confectionery, or made into an effervescent drink.
    2. In Middle Eastern countries: a drink made of water and sweetened fruit juices.
    (N Amer)
    3. A kind of water-ice.
    (Austral)
    4. colloq
      Beer.
Etymology: 17c: Turkish and Persian, from Arabic sharbah, from shariba to drink.



Click Here