"frosting" meaning in English

See frosting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɹɔst.ɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈfɹɑst.ɪŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frosting.wav Forms: frostings [plural]
Etymology: From 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: 50 12 29 9 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 2 35 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 58 9 22 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 4 32 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 3 33 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 65 5 23 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 62 5 26 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 60 7 24 8
  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
    Sense id: en-frosting-en-noun-LUl0tgux Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 6 49 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flood frosting, frosting on the cake, frosting spatula

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɹɔst.ɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈfɹɑst.ɪŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frosting.wav
Etymology: From 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
    Sense id: en-frosting-en-verb-e4Rdc7-2

Inflected forms

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