icing

(ī'sĭng)
n.

1. A sweet glaze made of sugar, butter, water, and egg whites or milk, often flavored and cooked and used to cover or decorate baked goods, such as cakes or cookies. See Regional Note at frosting.
2. Sports. A minor violation of the rules in ice hockey in which a player ices the puck, and the puck is not played by the goalie and does not go in the goal. Icing is not called when the team that has iced the puck is killing a penalty.

idiom:

icing on the cake

1. An additional benefit to something already good.

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n. the formation of ice on an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle, or in an engine.

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The accretion of ice on aircraft wings and other parts caused by supercooled water droplets in the atmosphere, cooling by the evaporation of a wetted surface or isotropic expansion, or super-cooled fuel in the wings in high humidity conditions. See also glaze.

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For a list of words related to icing, see:

• Aviation and Aerodynamics - icing: accumulation of ice on exterior of aircraft during flight; airframe icing
• Candy
• sugar
• Hockey

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - glasur

idioms:

• icing on the cake    toppen af kransekagen, prikken over i'et

Nederlands (Dutch)
suikerglazuur, ijsafzetting

Français (French)
n. - givrage, glaçage

idioms:

• the icing on the cake    (être) la cerise sur le gâteau

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vereisen, Zuckerguß

idioms:

• the icing on the cake    die Krönung des Ganzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επίπαγος, (μαγειρ.) γκλασάρισμα, γλάσο

idioms:

• icing on the cake    (μτφ.) κερασάκι

Italiano (Italian)
glassa

idioms:

• icing on the cake    ciliegina sulla torta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - glacê (m)

idioms:

• icing on the cake    bônus (m), algo desejável mas desnecessário

Русский (Russian)
глазирование, обледенение

idioms:

• icing on the cake    глазурь на торте

Español (Spanish)
n. - capa de escarcha

idioms:

• the icing on the cake    el remate, el retoque final, capa de azúcar batido con clara de huevo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nedisning, isbildning, icing (i ishockey)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
糖衣, 结冰

idioms:

• icing on the cake    事情中最美好的部分

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 糖衣, 結冰

idioms:

• icing on the cake    事情中最美好的部分

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 당의, 빙결

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 砂糖ごろも, 着氷

idioms:

• icing on the cake    飾り物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تثليج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זיגוג, קצפת, ציפוי לעוגה‬

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