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frost⋅ing

  [fraw-sting, fros-ting]
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–noun
1. a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
2. a dull or lusterless finish, as on metal or glass.
3. a process of highlighting the hair by bleaching selected strands.
4. a material used for decorative work, as signs, displays, etc., made from coarse flakes of powdered glass.
—Idiom
5. the frosting on the cake, something added to make a thing better or more desirable. Also, icing on the cake.
Origin:
1610–20; frost + -ing 1
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ic·ing   (ī'sĭng)   
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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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icing on the cake

  1. n.
    an extra enhancement. : Oh, wow! A tank full of gas in my new car. That's icing on the cake!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

icing on the cake

Also, frosting on the cake. An additional benefit to something already good. For example, All these letters of congratulation are icing on the cake, or After that beautiful sunrise, the rainbow is just frosting on the cake. This metaphoric expression alludes to the sweet creamy coating used to enhance a cake. [Mid-1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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