icing sugar
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A bag of icing sugar was then thrown into the man's car before the other vehicle was driven off.
From BBC • May 13, 2025
One commentator said now that the "do-gooder" pandoro with pink icing sugar had been exposed as junk, Italians were wondering where that left "the princess of influencers as well as queen of social media".
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2023
Not to be confused with fruit cake, stollen is a traditional German Christmas bread that consists of nuts, spices, marzipan and dried/candied fruit, coated with powdered sugar or icing sugar.
From Salon • Dec. 5, 2023
As for how it compares to other types of sugar, it's not as fine as powdered sugar aka icing sugar aka confectioners' sugar.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2022
The snow looked strange in the moonlight, like icing sugar on a model city.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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