frosting
a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
a dull or lusterless finish, as on metal or glass.
a process of highlighting the hair by bleaching selected strands.
a material used for decorative work, as signs, displays, etc., made from coarse flakes of powdered glass.
Idioms about frosting
the frosting on the cake, something added to make a thing better or more desirable.: Also icing on the cake.
Origin of frosting
1Other words from frosting
- non·frost·ing, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for frosting
/ (ˈfrɒstɪŋ) /
a soft icing based on sugar and egg whites
Also called: icing a sugar preparation, variously flavoured and coloured, for coating and decorating cakes, biscuits, etc
a rough or matt finish on glass, silver, etc
slang the practice of stealing a car while the owner has left it idling to defrost the windows and heat the engine
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