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Definition: Sorb |
SorbNoun1. Acid gritty-textured fruit. Verb1. Take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption; in chemistry. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | To take up gas by sorption. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Fruit of Sorbus domestica and Sorbus aria. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SorbSynonyms: sorb apple (n), take up (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sorb |
| English words defined with "sorb": sorb apple, Sorbic, Sorbin, Sorbite ♦ Wild service. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sorb": sorbitol. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sorb": Sorbic. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sorb" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Manx (service tree), Romanian (whirlpool). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Sorb (1988) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expressions using "sorb": sorb apple ♦ sorb apple tree ♦ Sorb tree. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sorb": sorb-apple. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sorb | 11 |
terra sorb | 8 |
sorb state.ma.us | 5 |
sorb it | 4 |
sphag sorb | 4 |
soda sorb | 2 |
dive sorb | 2 |
peat sorb | 2 |
q sorb | 2 |
cell sorb | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sorb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vadjëz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فاكهة الغبيراء, الغبيراء الأهلية شجرة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | софика. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 吸" (ABS, Absorb, Absorbed, Absorbing, Absorption, assimilation, Recruited, Recruiting, sorbed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | srb (serb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | roennebaer (service-berry, sorb-apple), rønnebærtræ, donebaer (service-berry, sorb-apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | peerlijsterbes (service-berry, sorb-apple), lijsterbes (service-berry, sorb-apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sorbier, sorbe (sorb-apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Eberesche (mountain ash, mountain-ash, rowan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σούρβο (sorb apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | berkenye (quicken, rowan berry, rowan-berry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sorbo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 흡착하십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orbsay sorveira (mountain ash, service-tree). (various references) рябина (mountain ash, pock-mark, rowan, rowan berry, rowanberry, rowan-tree). (various references) oskoruša (quicken, rowan, rowan berry, rowan-tree, service tree, shadberry). (various references) serbal (mountain ash, Rowan, rowan-tree, service, service tree). (various references) üvez ağacı (mountain ash, service). (various references) горобина (ashberry, quicken, rowan-tree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sorb": sorbabilities, sorbability, sorbable, sorbate, sorbates, sorbed, sorbent, sorbents, sorbet, sorbets, sorbic, sorbing, sorbitol, sorbitols, sorbose, sorboses, sorbs. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "sorb": absorb, adsorb, chemisorb, desorb, reabsorb, resorb. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sorb": absorbabilities, absorbability, absorbable, absorbance, absorbances, absorbancies, absorbancy, absorbant, absorbants, absorbed, absorbencies, absorbency, absorbent, absorbents, absorber, absorbers, absorbing, absorbingly, absorbs, adsorbable, adsorbate, adsorbates, adsorbed, adsorbent, adsorbents, adsorber, adsorbers, adsorbing, adsorbs, chemisorbed, chemisorbing, chemisorbs, desorbed, desorbing, desorbs, immunosorbent, immunosorbents, nonabsorbable, nonabsorbent, nonabsorbents, polysorbate, polysorbates, radioallergosorbent, reabsorbed, reabsorbing, reabsorbs, resorbed, resorbing, resorbs, superabsorbent, superabsorbents. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "orb": Corb. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bros, orbs, robs. | |
| Words within the letters "b-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: bos, bro, orb, ors, rob, sob. | |
-2 letters: bo, or, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: boars, boors, boras, bores, borts, brios, broos, brose, brosy, brows, forbs, robes, sober, sorbs. | |
+2 letters: abhors, aborts, absorb, adsorb, arbors, barons, bevors, bistro, boards, boarts, boners, borals, borers, borons, borsch, borsht, bosker, bourgs, bourns, bourse, bowers, boxers, boyars, bravos, broads, brocks, broils, bromes, bromos, broncs, broods, brooks, brooms, broses, broths, browns, browse, burros, carbos, carobs, cobras, desorb, dobras, dobros, isobar, labors, ombers, ombres, orbits, oribis, probes, rebops, resorb, rhombs, ribose, robins, robles, robots, robust, sobber, sobers, somber, sombre, sorbed, sorbet, sorbic, strobe, suborn, tabors, throbs, turbos. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 72 62 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... --- .-. -... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01110010 01100010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o r b |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 0072 0062 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53818468 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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