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frost·ing
(frô′stĭng, frŏs′tĭng)n.
1. Icing, as on a cake.
2. A roughened or speckled surface imparted to glass or metal.
Our Living Language Although both frosting and icing are widespread, people in New England, the Upper Midwest, and the West tend to put frosting on cake. In Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the Lower Midwest, and all of the South, the preferred term is icing. There is some overlap, especially in upstate New York, Michigan, and California, but the regions in which the two words predominate are surprisingly distinct. A few people in the South call it by a third name, filling, even when it goes on top.
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frosting
(ˈfrɒstɪŋ)n
1. (Cookery) a soft icing based on sugar and egg whites
2. (Cookery) Also called: icing a sugar preparation, variously flavoured and coloured, for coating and decorating cakes, biscuits, etc
3. (Ceramics) a rough or matt finish on glass, silver, etc
4. (Law) slang the practice of stealing a car while the owner has left it idling to defrost the windows and heat the engine
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frost•ing
(ˈfrɔ stɪŋ, ˈfrɒs tɪŋ)n.
1. a sweet, creamy mixture for coating or filling cakes, cookies, etc.; icing.
2. a dull or lusterless finish, as on metal or glass.
3. a process of highlighting the hair by bleaching selected strands.
4. a material used for decorative work, as for signs and displays, made from coarse flakes of powdered glass.
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| Noun | 1. |  frosting - a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakestopping - a flavorful addition on top of a dish |
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Translations
تَجَمُّد، صَقيعتَغْطِيَةُ الكَعْك
cukrová polevapoleva
glasur
kuorrutus
glazura
cukormáz
降霜
설탕을 입힘
glasyr
น้ำตาลไอซิ่งบนขนมเค้ก
lớp phủ kem đường
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
frosting
n (esp US: = icing) → Zuckerguss m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
frost
(frost) noun1. frozen dew, vapour etc. The ground was covered with frost this morning.
2. the coldness of weather needed to form ice. There'll be (a) frost tomorrow.
verb (often with over or up).
1. to become covered with frost. The windscreen of my car frosted up last night.
2. (American) to cover a cake with frosting.
frosting noun (American) icing.
ˈfrosty adjective1. covered with frost. the frosty countryside.
2. of behaviour, very unfriendly. a frosty manner.
ˈfrostily adverbfrostbite noun
injury caused to the body by very great cold. He was suffering from frostbite in his feet.
ˈfrostbitten adjectiveKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
frosting
→ تَغْطِيَةُ الكَعْك cukrová poleva glasur Zuckerguss γλασάρισμα glaseado kuorrutus glaçage glazura glassa 降霜 설탕을 입힘 glazuur glasur lukier cobertura de bolo сахарная глазурь glasyr น้ำตาลไอซิ่งบนขนมเค้ก şekerli kek süsü lớp phủ kem đường 结霜Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009