frosting
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɔst.ɪŋ/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɑst.ɪŋ/
Noun[edit]
frosting (countable and uncountable, plural frostings)
- (US) Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods.
- 1915, Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna Grows Up[1], The Page Company:
- “ […] Cities aren’t like frosted cake — and, anyhow, even the cake didn’t keep very well. I tried it, and it dried up, ’specially the frosting. I reckon the time to take frosting and good times is while they are going; so I want to see all I can now while I’m here.”
- A layer of frost.
- The theft of a car while it is left unattended, especially when its engine is left running in the winter to defrost the car.[1]
Usage notes[edit]
- See the usage note about icing regarding the use of the words icing and frosting.
- The plural form is used for multiple varieties of frosting; a single type of frosting is itself uncountable.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a sugary coating for cakes and other baked goods — see icing
Verb[edit]
frosting
- present participle and gerund of frost