Sorbate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sorbate \Sor"bate\, n. [Cf. F. sorbate. See {Sorbic}.] (Chem.)
     A salt of sorbic acid.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sorbate
       n : a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by
           another substance by either absorption or adsorption