- (North American English) (also icing British and North American English)a sweet mixture of sugar and water, milk, butter or egg white that is used to cover and decorate cakesTopics Foodc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- buttercream
- vanilla
- colored
- …
- cover something with
- pipe
- spread
- …
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- (British English) the crime of stealing a vehicle that has been left with the engine running in cold weather so that the engine warms up
- Police issued the annual winter warning against frosting car crime.
- A growing number of drivers have become victims of frosting.
Idioms
See frosting in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarythe frosting on the cake (North American English)
(also the icing on the cake British and North American English)
- something extra and not essential that is added to an already good situation or experience and that makes it even better
- It's an added bonus—the frosting on the cake.
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