frosting
nounUK /ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/ · US /ˈfɹɔst.ɪŋ/
Etymology From frost + -ing.
1
US 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.”1915, Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna Grows Up, The Page Company:
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.
- Derived terms
- flood frosting, frostinged, frostinglike, frosting on the cake, frosting spatula