[ noun ] a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin <noun.food>
Sherbet \Sher"bet\, n. [Ar. sherbet, shorbet, sharbat, properly, one drink or sip, a draught, beverage, from shariba to drink. Cf. {Sorbet}, {Sirup}, {Shrub} a drink.] 1. A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc.
2. A flavored water ice.
3. A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also {sherbet powder}.
Defense attorneys said the two were trying to get the sherbet out of Christopher's system because it was 3 weeks old and they believed it was dangerously stale.