"frosting" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frosting.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frostings [plural]
Etymology: frost + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|frost|ing}} frost + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} frosting (countable and uncountable, plural frostings)
  1. (US) Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-frosting-en-noun-nzZLFMuy Disambiguation of Crime: 33 8 41 17 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 1 21 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 2 23 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 40 7 18 34
  2. A layer of frost. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a layer of frost): námraza [feminine] (Czech), lazo [masculine] (Galician), szron [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-frosting-en-noun-BIubGYfS Disambiguation of 'a layer of frost': 3 96 1
  3. The theft of a car while it is left unattended, especially when its engine is left running in the winter to defrost the car. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-frosting-en-noun-LUl0tgux Disambiguation of Crime: 33 8 41 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 1 21 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 2 23 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 40 7 18 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flood frosting, frosting on the cake, frosting spatula

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frosting.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: frost + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|frost|ing}} frost + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} frosting
  1. present participle and gerund of frost Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: frost Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-frosting-en-verb-e4Rdc7-2 Disambiguation of Crime: 33 8 41 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 1 21 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 2 23 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 40 7 18 34

Inflected forms

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