sorb

/sɔ:b/

Thân thiện

The scientist uses a sorb to clean the chemical spill.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A type of fruit: A small, acidic fruit with a gritty texture, typically from trees of the genus Sorbus, such as the rowan or service tree.
   • The tree bearing this fruit: A tree of the genus Sorbus.

2. Verb:

   • To take up a substance: To take in and retain a liquid or gas, either by adsorption (adhesion to a surface) or absorption (soaking into a bulk material).

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The sorb from the rowan tree is too bitter to eat raw.
  • They made a tart jelly from the bright red sorbs.

• Verb:

  • The activated charcoal will sorb the impurities from the water.
  • Certain materials can sorb large amounts of carbon dioxide.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific/Technical Context: The verb "sorb" is often used in chemistry, environmental science, and materials engineering to describe the process of a solid or liquid taking up another substance.
  • The new polymer was designed to sorb oil from contaminated seawater.

Variants and Related Words

• Sorbent (n): A material that sorbs (absorbs or adsorbs) another substance.
  • Clay is a common natural sorbent.
• Sorption (n): The process or state of being sorbed; a general term for absorption and adsorption.
  • The sorption of the chemical onto the soil was rapid.
• Sorb-apple (n): Another term for the fruit of the service tree ().

Synonyms

• Noun (fruit): Rowan berry, service berry.
• Verb (to take up): Absorb, adsorb, take up, soak up.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

(This word is not commonly used in idioms.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. acid gritty-textured fruit

Verb

1. take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sorb apple
• take up