FROSTING Definition & Meaning

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frosting

[ fraw-sting, fros-ting ]

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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.

frosting

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noun

a soft icing based on sugar and egg whites
Also calledicing 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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of frosting¹

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

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Idioms and Phrases

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

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Some storms are warm and wet, like frosting; others are cold and dry, like crumbly pastry.

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Red No. 3, a synthetic food dye, gives products like candies, frosting and frozen desserts their bright, cherry-red color.

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The dye is used primarily in candy, cakes, cookies, frozen desserts and frosting as well as some medicines, the agency said.

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He added, "There's also been a spike in searches for 'frosting near me,' 'induce self coma how to' and 'cried so hard I pooped?'"

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While the world outside may be fraught, “Bake Off” offers a gentle escape inside the tent, where the challenges center on flour and frosting and camaraderie and humor reign supreme.

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