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frosting.

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

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹɔst.ɪŋ/General-American/ˈfɹɑst.ɪŋ/cot-caught-merger
  1. Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods.

    US · countable · uncountable
  2. A layer of frost.

    countable · uncountable
  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.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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/ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹɔst.ɪŋ/General-American/ˈfɹɑst.ɪŋ/cot-caught-merger
  1. present participle and gerund of frost

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

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.

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