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icing
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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.

icing [ˈaɪsɪŋ]
n
1. (Cookery) Also called (esp US and Canadian) frosting a sugar preparation, variously flavoured and coloured, for coating and decorating cakes, biscuits, etc.
2. the formation of ice, as on a ship or aircraft, due to the freezing of moisture in the atmosphere
3. any unexpected extra or bonus (esp in icing on the cake)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.icing - the formation of frost or ice on a surfaceicing - the formation of frost or ice on a surface
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 cakesicing - a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
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
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"

icing
noun frosting, glaze a birthday cake with yellow icing
the icing on the cake masterstroke, accomplishment, stroke of genius, coup de grâce (French) His two last-minute goals were the icing on the cake.
Translations
icing [ˈaɪsɪŋ]
A. N (on plane, car, road, railway) → formación f de hielo; (on cake) → glaseado m
this is the icing on the cakeesto es la guinda que corona la torta
see also butter, glacé
B. CPD icing sugar Nazúcar m glasé, azúcar m en polvo, azúcar m flor(S. Cone)

icing [ˈaɪsɪŋ] n
(on cake)glaçage m
a birthday cake with yellow icing → un gâteau d'anniversaire avec un glaçage jaune
the icing on the cake (fig)la cerise sur le gâteau
Paul's two goals were the icing on the cake for what was a very good team display → Les deux buts de Paul furent la cerise sur le gâteau dans ce qui fut une très bonne prestation collective., Les deux buts de Paul furent la cerise sur le gâteau de l'excellente prestation collective de l'équipe.
(AVIATION)givrage m
icing sugar n (British)sucre m glace

icing
n
(Cook) → Zuckerguss m; this is the icing on the cake (fig)das ist die Krönung des Ganzen
(on aircraft, rail points) → Eisbildung f, → Vereisung f

icing [ˈaɪsɪŋ] n
a. (on cake) → glassa
vanilla icing → glassa alla vaniglia
b. (Aer) → patina di ghiaccio

icing ice
icing تَزْيين الحلوى cukrová poleva glasur Glasur γλασάρισμα glaseado kuorrutus glaçage glazura glassa アイシング 당의 suikerglazuur glasur lukier cobertura de bolo, cobertura doce обледенение glasyr น้ำตาลไอซิ่งบนหน้าขนมเค้ก pastanın üzerindeki şekerli süsleme kem phủ trên bánh 糖衣


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