Associations to the word «Sorbate»

Wiktionary

SORBATE, noun. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of sorbic acid.

Dictionary definition

SORBATE, noun. A material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats