Definitions for icingˈaɪ sɪŋ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ic•ingˈaɪ sɪŋ(n.)

  1. a sweet mixture, as of sugar, liquid, butter, and flavoring, used as a creamy or hard coating on cakes, cookies, etc.; frosting.

    Category: Cooking

  2. Meteorol. a coating of ice on a solid object.

    Category: Meteorology

  3. the freezing of atmospheric moisture on the surface of an aircraft.

    Category: Aeronautics

  4. an infraction in ice hockey called when the puck is iced and next touched by an opponent other than the goalkeeper.

    Category: Sport

Origin of icing:

1760–70

Princeton's WordNet

  1. frost, icing(noun)

    the formation of frost or ice on a surface

  2. frosting, icing, ice(noun)

    a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes

  3. icing, icing the puck(noun)

    (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. icing(noun)ˈaɪ sɪŋ

    frosting

    a cake with icing on top

Webster Dictionary

  1. Icing

    of Ice

  2. Icing(noun)

    a coating or covering resembling ice, as of sugar and milk or white of egg; frosting


Translations for icing

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

icing(noun)

a mixture of sugar, white of egg, water etc used to cover or decorate cakes.

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