frosting

n.

1. Icing, as on a cake.
2. 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.

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.

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.

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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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Dansk (Danish)
n. - glasur, mattering

Nederlands (Dutch)
mattering, suikerglazuur, versiering, peper en zout (haar)

Français (French)
n. - glaçage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zuckerguß

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θάμπωμα

Italiano (Italian)
glassatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - glacê (m) (Culin.)

Русский (Russian)
глазурь

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 빙상 요트 놀이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 糖衣, つや消し

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تثليج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קציפה, זיגוג, ציפוי, קפיאה‬

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