frosting

English

Etymology

frost +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/

Noun

frosting (countable and uncountable, plural frostings)

1. A sugary coating for cakes and other baked goods.
   • 1914, Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna Grows Up, pages 38–39:

     “ […] 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.”

2. A layer of frost.
3. The theft of a car while it is left unattended, especially when its engine is left running in the winter to defrost the car.

Usage notes

• The plural form is used for multiple varieties of frosting; a single type of frosting is itself uncountable.

Synonyms

• icing

Translations

a sugary coating for cakes and other baked goods

• Bulgarian: глазура (bg) f (glazura)
• French: glaçage (fr) m
• Italian: glassa (it) f, glassatura f
• Polish: lukier (pl) m
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• Portuguese: glacê (pt) m
• Russian: глазу́рь (ru) f (glazúrʹ)
• Swedish: glasyr (sv)

a layer of frost

• Czech: námraza f
• Galician: lazo (gl) m
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• Polish: szron (pl) m

Verb

frosting

1. present participle of frost