EGAVE

icing

About 0.81 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for baked goods.
  2. noun A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this.
  3. noun The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.
  4. noun Conditions conducive to the formation of ice on aircraft surfaces.
    The Cessna pilots reported that moderate icing was present between 13,000 and 4,000 feet in the cloud layers.
  5. verb present participle and gerund of ice

Similar words

frosting frost icing the puck fondant ice-cream cherry deicing defrosting freezing rime

Often followed by

on sugar and of conditions is to in the

Word family

frosting icings

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