sorb

Significat (anglès)

Noun

1. The service tree, Sorbus domestica.
2. Any of various related trees, including the wild service tree, S. torminalis, and the rowan, S. aucuparia.
3. The fruit of any of these trees, especially of the service tree.

Verb

To absorb or adsorb.

Sinònims

take up

rowan

sorb apple

imbibe

sink in

service-tree

infiltrate

service tree

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/sɔːb/

Etimologia (anglès)

Borrowed from Middle French sorbier (the tree), sorbe (the fruit), from Latin sorbus (the tree), sorbum (the fruit). See service tree.