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icing¹ Definition

ic·ing (īs)

noun

a mixture variously of sugar, butter, flavoring, water or other liquid, egg whites, etc. for covering a cake or pastries; frosting

icing² Definition

ic·ing (īs)

noun

Ice Hockey an infraction in which a player in the defensive half of the rink hits the puck past the opponent's goal line but not into the net

icing Synonyms

icing

n.

frosting, coating, glaze, sugar coating, topping, fudge, filling.

icing Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • cake: Winning the award is the icing on the cake.
  • top: Remember also that most Ready to Roll Icing can take normal icing on top.

Converse of object

  • put: A drop goal from O'Connor put the icing on the cake for Ulster in the dying minutes.
  • like: I'm now worried. theyre rerecording and rereleasing it You like icing?
  • add: Turnover rose 18 % at Passage du Havre last year, adding icing to what was already a sharp deal.
  • prevent: To prevent the royal Icing from drying too hard add a tea spoon of glycerine.

Adjective modifier

  • regal: Topped with almond paste, regal icing and decorated with an iced message of your choice.
  • royal: To join dummies together just put a little royal icing between the tiers.
  • colored: You can pipe on different colored icing to make pleats in dresses or blazers with a school or club badge on.
  • pink: The wedding cake Expect the wedding cake to be a sponge cake of simple design with white or pink icing.
  • severe: Winter operations are very hard with adverse weather conditions with severe icing at times.
  • white: Use the white icing to pipe the top of the cake with lines like a tennis court.

Modifies a noun

  • sugar: Sprinkle with 1 tsp icing sugar, then serve.
  • bag: Spoon the cream mixture into a large icing bag fitted with a star nozzle.

Noun used with modifier

  • fondant: All you need to do is get the shape you need, then decorate it using colored marzipan or fondant icing.
  • tbsp: Mix together 1 tsp cinnamon with 1 tbsp icing sugar, then mix thoroughly with the ground almonds.
  • butter: Cover all of the cake in a thin layer of butter icing, this will help the icing to stay in place.
  • cake: His original application was for lessons not in ice skating but in cake icing.
  • chocolate: Take cake out of tin, then pour coffee - chocolate icing all over.
  • cream: The traditional wedding cake is a tiered white cake with butter cream icing.
icing Quotes

The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake beneath.

—Auchincloss, Louis Stanton

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