Definitions for sorrel

sorrel sor·rel

Spelling: [sawr-uh l, sor-]
IPA: /ˈsɔr əl, ˈsɒr-/

Sorrel is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in sorrel (elorrs).

Definitions for sorrel

noun

  1. light reddish-brown.
  2. a horse of this color, often with a light-colored mane and tail.
  3. any of various plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, having edible acid leaves used in salads, sauces, etc.
  4. any of various sour-juiced plants of the genus Oxalis. Compare wood sorrel.
  5. any of various similar plants.

adjective

  1. of the color sorrel.

Origin of sorrel

1400-50; late Middle English Old French sorel, equivalent to sor brown (Germanic) + -el diminutive suffix; see -elle

Examples for sorrel

For the sorrel he substituted a big, bony young bay of his own.

At the head of the gulch the man on the sorrel had turned to the left.

Wash some roots of sorrel quite clean, bruise them in a mortar, and steep them in white wine vinegar for two or three days.

I saw the man on the sorrel horse fire that shot—don't forget that.

A ridin' that sorrel mut, too, when she ought to be in the house washin' dishes.

Wash and clean a quantity of sorrel, put it into a stewpan that will just hold it, with a piece of butter, and cover it close.

But the sorrel, too, was a thoroughbred, fresh when he left Frederick.

The mount was a sorrel with white stockings and a splash of white on the nose.

Lemon juice and the juice of sorrel will also remove ink stains, but not so easily as the concrete acid of lemons, or citric acid.

Said the doctor, nodding his head knowingly, 'Have you got a sorrel horse then?'

Word Value for sorrel
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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