Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Source : WordNet®

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