sorb

Plural: sorbs

Noun

acid gritty-textured fruit
The service tree, Sorbus domestica.
Any of various related trees, including the wild service tree, S. torminalis, and the rowan, S. aucuparia.
The fruit of any of these trees, especially of the service tree.

Verb

Verb Forms: sorbed, sorbing, sorbs

To take up and hold by absorption or adsorption.
take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
To absorb or adsorb.

Examples

His strategy was to sorb all the high-value tiles, leaving his opponent with scraps.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

sorb apple, take up

Scrabble Score: 6

sorb: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sorb: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sorb: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

sorb: valid Words With Friends Word