icing sugar

British

noun

US term: confectioners' sugar. a very finely ground sugar used for icings, confections, etc

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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

On their right a wide and graceful parkland led up to a great house with a classical portico as brilliant as icing sugar under the moon.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

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