frosting

nounverbattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ//
United States//ˈfɹɔst.ɪŋ//
//ˈfɹɑst.ɪŋ//

Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods.

noun

1
Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods.
“[…] Cities aren’t like frosted cake — and, anyhow, even the cake didn’t keep very well. I tried it, and it dried up, ’specially the frosting. I reckon the time to take frosting and good times is while they are going; so I want to see all I can now while I’m here.”
2
A layer of frost.
3
The theft of a car while it is left unattended, especially when its engine is left running in the winter to defrost the car.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English -ing English frosting From frost + -ing.

verb

1
Also a form of frostpresent participle and gerund of frost

Forms

plural: frostings

Frontier · A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in…frost · A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to…Frost · A surname.

frosting · Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods.

frosty · Cold, chilly; icy.Frosty · A generic name for a snowman.frown · A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought…

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