icing (redirected from icing on the cake)

ic·ing  (sng)

n.

1. A sweet glaze made of sugar, butter, water, and egg whites or milk, often flavored and cooked and used to cover or decorate baked goods, such as cakes or cookies. See Regional Note at frosting.

2. Sports A minor violation of the rules in ice hockey in which a player ices the puck, and the puck is not played by the goalie and does not go in the goal. Icing is not called when the team that has iced the puck is killing a penalty.

Idiom:

icing on the cake

An additional benefit to something already good.

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icing

Noun

1. Also (esp. US and Canad.): (frosting) a mixture of sugar and water or egg whites used to cover and decorate cakes

2. icing on the cake any unexpected extra or bonus

3. the formation of ice on a ship or aircraft

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	icing - the formation of frost or ice on a surface frost freeze, freezing - the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
	2.	icing - a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes frosting, ice topping - a flavorful addition on top of a dish
	3.	icing - (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal icing the puck hockey game, ice hockey, hockey - a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks maneuver, manoeuvre, play - a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop"

Translations

icing [ˈaɪsɪŋ] n (CULIN) → alcorza;

(AVIAT etc) → formación f de hielo

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icing [ˈaɪsɪŋ] n (Aviat etc) → givrage m;

(Culin) → glaçage m

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icing [ˈaɪsɪŋ] n (Culin) → Zuckerguss m;

(Aviat etc) → Vereisung f

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icing [ˈaɪsɪŋ] n (AVIAT etc) → patina di ghiaccio;

(CULIN) → glassa

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