❄️ Thin ice layer ❄️ To freeze over 🎂 To add icing 💇 To add highlights

to frost

11 2.2

To put sweet icing on a cake or cupcake

verb
/frɔst/

: glasear

And we are going to frost them with strawberry frosting.
frost a cake
frost cupcakes
frost cookies

And we are going to frost them with strawberry frosting.

Examples

And so my grandma made it, but she left it for me to frost and so cute.
Top with the remaining layer. Frost the side and top of the cake with the remaining frosting.

Fiction book (2002)
And after all that, you have time to frost a cake.

Blog text (13)
It's a fun surprise if you frost it with regular white frosting too!

Blog text (22)
Then it was time to frost the fudgies.

Fiction book (1994)
I wish I could frost a cake so it looks really good, but I haven't come close yet.

Blog text (9)
Would you like a frosted snack cake to celebrate?

Lightyear (2022)
We bake the cakes, we've cooled them, it's time to stack and frost them, OK?
Allow to cool completely, then frost with chocolate frosting (I used this chocolate buttercream).

Blog text (4)
After baking the cake, she decided to frost it with a creamy vanilla icing.

Synonyms

to ice

vsto frost

5 2.7

To put sweet topping on a cake to decorate it

is broader, meaning a general sweet covering rather than a specific technique

to ganache

vsto frost

Specialized

6.9

To coat or fill cakes with a smooth chocolate and cream mix

is a general sweet covering rather than this particular chocolate cream coating

Antonyms

bare

217 2.2

Not covered or protected, showing the plain surface

unfrosted

5.7

Not covered by a cloudy or rough layer so you can see through it

Phrasal Verbs

to frost over

1 3.2

To get a thin layer of ice on windows or car mirrors

Compounds

first frost

3 3.5

The first time in a season when a thin layer of ice forms on plants overnight

Jack Frost

Literature

3 6.3

An imaginary figure who brings cold and makes frost on windows

frost fish

Australian

9.9

A long thin sea fish with no scales and sharp teeth that lives in deep water

frost heave

8.0

Soil or road that rises when water in the ground freezes and expands

frost heaving

8.2

Upward movement of ground or pavement when water in it freezes and expands

frost mist

6.8

A thin fog made of tiny pieces of ice in very cold air

frost-weed

9.9

A plant that lives for many years and makes thin ice at its base during frost and has white flowers

silver frost

5.8

A thin shiny layer of ice on grass or branches

How Thick

to smother

20 4.2

to frost

11 2.2

glaze

43 3.7

to coat

105 2.8

Surface Forms

frost infinitive

frosted past

frosted past participle

frosting present participle

frosts third person singular

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the baking meaning of frost is to imagine frost as a thin white cover on plants. To frost a cake is to cover it with a thin sweet layer called 'icing', just like frost covers the ground.