icing
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- noun
- /ˈaɪsɪŋ/
- After baking the cake, she carefully applied a layer of icing to make it look beautiful.
- icing on the cake
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Watch on YouTubeWhat you'll need is your pink cookie icing and sprinkles.
- What you'll need is your pink cookie icing and sprinkles.
- So chocolate icing for a little glue.
- That's just kind of icing on the cake to be able to film it.
- You're going to need two colors of cookie icing, black and pink.
- It's no more than that I'm adding or use the expression icing on the cake.
- I was going to go into the ice sink, put some icing on it, maybe a couple sprinkles.
Examples
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Kate takes the bite; a little piece of icing sticks to the side of her mouth.
Fiction book (2000) -
Andrew stood on tiptoe, his nose almost touching the glossy icing of a chocolate cake.
Fiction book (1993) -
OK, I think the icing is done.
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One last check round the side and the icing is done.
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Then add on some black icing for the arms.
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This is really great icing, like I really like it a lot.
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Oh, and if you could keep the icing nice and simple.
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I was afraid the icing would melt if I left them in the car.
Fiction book (2002) -
So chocolate icing for a little glue.
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Both the chocolate and the honey icing are ruined.
Synonyms
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A sweet spread people put on cakes to cover and decorate them
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A sweet creamy icing made from butter and sugar for decorating cakes and pastries
A sweet soft topping spread over cakes to decorate them
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Etymology
Icing comes from ice, which means 'frozen water', because early sugar covers looked smooth and shiny like a thin layer of ice. That's why icing now means a sweet coating put over cakes.