frosting
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frost·ing
(frô'stĭng, frŏs'tĭng) 
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n.
- Icing, as on a cake.
- A roughened or speckled surface imparted to glass or metal.
REGIONAL NOTE Although both frosting and icing are widespread, people in New England, the Upper Midwest, and the Western U.S. tend to put frosting on cake. In Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the Lower Midwest, and all of the South, the preferred term is icing. There is some overlap, especially in upstate New York, Michigan, and California, but the regions in which the two words predominate are surprisingly distinct. A few people in the South call it by a third name, filling, even when it goes on top.
Oxford Food & Nutrition Dictionary:
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frosting
1. American name for icing on cakes; in the UK icing made from sugar and egg white (known as American or royal icing).
2. A way of decorating the rim of a glass in which a cold drink is to be served; the edge is coated with whipped egg white, dipped into caster sugar, and allowed to dry.
3. For a margarita cocktail the edge of the glass is frosted by dipping it into lemon juice, then salt.
Barron's Food Lover's Companion:
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frosting
Also called icing, this sweet, sugar-based mixture is used to fill and coat cakes, pastries, cookies, etc. In addition to sugar, frosting can contain a combination of other ingredients including butter, milk, water, eggs and various flavorings. It can be cooked (as with boiled icing) or uncooked (as with buttercream), and can range from thick to thin. Frosting must be thick enough to adhere to the item being coated, yet soft enough to spread easily.
1. A surface haze on the surface of a paint film caused by very fine wrinkling.
2. A lusterless finish of metal or glass.
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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frosting
The slight graying of the haircoat around the face, particularly muzzle, in dogs with aging and as a regular feature of some breeds such as the Belgian shepherd dog.
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categories related to 'frosting'
- Hair Styles - frosting: bleached hair ends prelightened to white
- Candy
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Frosting
Frosting may refer to:
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- To be covered with a coating of Frost; also Frosted. This was the original and primary meaning of the term; most other usages are derived from it, directly or indirectly. Derived forms would include references to anything frost-like in appearance (see below).
- Icing (food), the sweet glaze used in confectionery
- Frosting (crime), a form of vehicle theft
- Frosting (decorative arts), a motif in decoration of objects
- froSTed, a pop punk band
- Frosting (roofing), the effect of frost on mortar as result of freezing conditions, causing it to crack as the moisture in the mortar expands limiting the life of the roof
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Frosting
Dansk (Danish)
n. - glasur, mattering
Nederlands (Dutch)
mattering, suikerglazuur, versiering, peper en zout (haar)
Français (French)
n. - glaçage
Deutsch (German)
n. - Zuckerguß
Português (Portuguese)
n. - glacê (m) (Culin.)
Español (Spanish)
n. - alcorza, glaseado (tortas), esmerilado
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - glasyr (bakverk), matt yta (på glas)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
结霜, 糖霜混合物, 霜状表面
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 結霜, 糖霜混合物, 霜狀表面
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) تثليج
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - קציפה, זיגוג, ציפוי, קפיאה
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