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(ī'sĭng) 
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n.
- 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.
- 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.
icing on the cake
- 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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categories related to 'icing'
- Aviation and Aerodynamics - icing: accumulation of ice on exterior of aircraft during flight; airframe icing
- Candy
- sugar
- Hockey
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Icing may refer to:
- Atmospheric icing, occurs when water droplets freeze on objects they contact, very dangerous for aircraft
- Aufeis, also called icing, a sheet-like mass of layered ice that forms from the freezing of successive flows of groundwater
- Claire's, which has a brand of accessories and jewelry called Icing
- Cryotherapy, also called icing, the cooling of body parts, often using ice or cold packs, to decrease pain and inflammation
- Fuel system icing inhibitor, an additive to aviation fuels that prevents the formation of ice in fuel lines
- Icing (drinking game), a drinking game involving the consumption of large quantities of Smirnoff Ice in inappropriate situations
- Icing (food), a sweet and often creamy glaze made of sugar used to cover or decorate baked goods, such as cakes, cookies or donuts
- Powdered sugar, also known as confectioners' sugar or icing sugar, is a very fine sugar used for icing, frosting and other decorations
- Royal icing, a hard, white icing, made from softly beaten egg whites, powdered sugar, and sometimes lemon or lime juice
- Icing (ice hockey), an ice hockey rule intended to discourage intentionally whacking the puck away from a team's goal to run out the clock
- Icing (nautical), sea spray that freezes upon contact with ships, occurs during very cold and windy weather, can cause a ship to capsize
- Icing conditions, those atmospheric conditions that can lead to the formation of water ice on the surfaces of an aircraft
- Icing the kicker, a tactic intended to disrupt a field goal kick in American or Canadian football
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Translations:
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Icing
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
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
idioms:
- icing on the cake 飾り物
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) تثليج
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - זיגוג, קצפת, ציפוי לעוגה
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