frosting - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    * 1.3.1 Usage notes
    * 1.3.2 Derived terms
    * 1.3.3 Translations
  • 1.4 Verb
  • 1.5 References

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Chocolate cupcakes with raspberry buttercream frosting.

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *prustós

Proto-West Germanic *frost

English frosting

From frost + -ing.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɔst.ɪŋ/
• (cot_–_caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɑst.ɪŋ/

frosting (countable and uncountable, plural frostings)

1. (US) Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods.
   Synonym: glazing
   • 1915, Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna Grows Up‎[1], The Page Company:
     “ […] 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.[1]

• See the usage note about icing regarding the use of the words icing and frosting.

• The plural form is used for multiple varieties of frosting; a single type of frosting is itself uncountable.

• flood frosting

• frostinged

• frostinglike

• frosting on the cake

• frosting spatula

a sugary coating for cakes and other baked goods — see icing

frosting

1. present participle and gerund of frost

2. ^ 'Frosting' and 'Car Jacking' AA warns of increased risk on cold mornings

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