🇬🇧🇪🇸 sorbet - sorbete : English Lesson
noun
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Meaning of "sorbet" ("sorbete"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
Sorbet is a cold, sweet dessert that’s made by freezing fruit juice (or fruit puree) with water and sugar. It’s like ice cream’s fruity cousin, but it doesn’t usually have milk or cream. Sorbet is smooth, icy, and full of fruit flavor, and people often eat it on hot days to cool down or between courses at fancy meals to refresh their mouths.
I ordered lemon sorbet, but my face wasn’t ready for how sour it was and tried to run away without me.
I told my sorbet we’d be best friends forever, then accidentally ate our entire friendship in three bites.
I tried to eat sorbet slowly like a polite person, but my mouth chose the vacuum-cleaner strategy instead.
I dropped a bit of sorbet on my shirt, so now I’m wearing a fashionable stain that smells like strawberries.
Sorbet usually has no milk or cream in it, so even people who can’t eat dairy can happily freeze their tongues with it.
On a hot street, Anna held a cup of bright lemon sorbet. She scooped sorbet with a small spoon, tasting cold, sweet juice. A child reached for a spoon; they shared sorbet, laughing. Later the vendor offered a strawberry sorbet sample, then another orange sorbet to cool them. Everyone sighed, happy.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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