frosting

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

a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
a dull or lusterless finish, as on metal or glass.
a process of highlighting the hair by bleaching selected strands.
a material used for decorative work, as signs, displays, etc., made from coarse flakes of powdered glass.

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Idioms for frosting

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

Origin of frosting

First recorded in 1610–20; frost + -ing1

OTHER WORDS FROM frosting

non·frost·ing, adjective

Words nearby frosting

frostbitten, frosted, frosted liver, frostfish, frostflower, frosting, frosting on the cake, frostline, frostweed, frostwork, frosty
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Words related to icing on the cake

recklessness, coloring, adornment, exaggeration, embroidery, ornamentation, absurdity, luxury, excess, profusion, amenity, exorbitance, lavishness, outrageousness, frill, waste, overindulgence, extravagancy, expenditure, dissipation

British Dictionary definitions for icing on the cake

frosting
/ (ˈfrɒstɪŋ) /

noun

a soft icing based on sugar and egg whites
Also called: icing a sugar preparation, variously flavoured and coloured, for coating and decorating cakes, biscuits, etc
a rough or matt finish on glass, silver, etc
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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Idioms and Phrases with icing on the cake

icing on the cake

Also, frosting on the cake. An additional benefit to something already good. For example, All these letters of congratulation are icing on the cake, or After that beautiful sunrise, the rainbow is just frosting on the cake. This metaphoric expression alludes to the sweet creamy coating used to enhance a cake. [Mid-1900s]

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