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• present participle of frost.

frosting

American  

[fraw-sting, fros-ting] / ˈfrɔ stɪŋ, ˈfrɒs tɪŋ /

noun

• frostings
  plural

1. a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.

2. a dull or lusterless finish, as on metal or glass.

3. a process of highlighting the hair by bleaching selected strands.

4. a material used for decorative work, as signs, displays, etc., made from coarse flakes of powdered glass.

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idioms

1. the frosting on the cake, something added to make a thing better or more desirable. Also icing on the cake.

frosting British  

/ ˈfrɒstɪŋ /

noun

1. a soft icing based on sugar and egg whites

2. Also called: icing. a sugar preparation, variously flavoured and coloured, for coating and decorating cakes, biscuits, etc

3. a rough or matt finish on glass, silver, etc

4. slang the practice of stealing a car while the owner has left it idling to defrost the windows and heat the engine

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nonfrosting
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• frostings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of frosting

First recorded in 1610–20; frost + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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frosting frostings

Dubbed dot cakes, they start with boxed cake mix to make the base and double down on that nostalgic flavor with store-bought frosting and sprinkles.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

It was gooey, soft and slathered in a classic tangy cream cheese frosting.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

The cake had a butterscotch frosting, which was brown and thus “weird.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Everything else is just frosting on the cake.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026

Carmen stared at Abuela like a pastry chef carefully sprinkling coconut shavings onto white-chocolate cream cheese frosting.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

The two yield noticeably different frostings — so you'll just have to try both to see which you like best.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2022

I was in a certified funk the day I was supposed to sample the new line of Dolly Parton-themed cake mixes and frostings from Duncan Hines.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2022

She offers 50 cakes — sheet cakes, stacked cakes, rolled cakes, even ice cream cakes — and many fillings, soaks and frostings to make them your own.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021

Baking often necessitates frostings, caramels, and creams, which can be finicky if they’re not kept at a steady temperature.

From Slate ● May 5, 2020

He had scored a superb 99 on the fill-in-the blank worksheet on cakes and frostings, not to mention a 96 on his poultry worksheet.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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