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Frosting

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Icing, as on a cake.

n. A roughened or speckled surface imparted to glass or metal.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A sugary coating for cakes and other baked goods.

n. A layer of frost.

v. Present participle of to frost.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc.

n. A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish.

n. the lightened color on part of an object, as of hair, produced by treatment with bleach or other chemicals; as only part of the object is thus treated, the final color of the object is two-toned; also, the process of producing such a two-toned effect.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A composition generally made of confectioners' sugar mixed with whites of eggs, used to cover cake, etc.: so called from its white, frosty appearance.

n. A dead or lusterless surface on metal, or a similar surface on any material, produced by etching or engraving, or by a punch or die.

n. A material used for decorative work, as signs, etc., made from coarsely powdered thin flakes of glass: commonly in the plural.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes

Word Usage

"This frosting is the kind of frosting that won't overwhelm a cupcake because it's plain and not too sweet and I didn't want to take away from the taste of the cake."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

topping

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

icing

Verb Stem

frost

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

costing defrosting exhausting