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sorb.

The service tree, Sorbus domestica.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɔːb/Received-Pronunciation/sɔɹb/General-American/soːb/Australia
  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.

Where this word comes from

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

verb/sɔːb/Received-Pronunciation/sɔɹb/General-American/soːb/Australia
  1. To absorb or adsorb.

Where this word comes from

Back-formation from absorb and adsorb; ultimately from Latin sorbeō.

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