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YS-ing/ˈaɪsɪŋ/

Icing is the sweet covering on a cake, often white, pink, or chocolate — British English. Usually uncountable: some icing, chocolate icing. American English often says frosting. Cream is dairy on a cake; icing is sugar-based. An ice cube is frozen water — different word.

Meaning

A sweet covering on a cake, often white or coloured (British).

Examples

• “The cake has pink icing.”
• “Wait until the icing is dry.”
• “He ate the icing and left the cake.”

Good to know

British icing = frosting. Uncountable. Contrast: cream, ice. On a cake or biscuit.

Near in meaning

frosting

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