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frosting
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun frosting has 1 sense
- frosting(n = noun.food) ice, icing - a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes; Array is a kind of topping
Derived form verb frost1
CIDE DICTIONARY
frosting, n.
- A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc. [1913 Webster]
- A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish. [1913 Webster]
- the lightened color on part of an object, as of hair, produced by treatment with bleach or other chemicals; as only part of the object is thus treated, the final color of the object is two-toned; also, the process of producing such a two-toned effect. [PJC]
THESAURUS
frosting
Jell-O, albification, blanching, blancmange, bleaching, candy, comfit, compote, confiture, conserve, etiolation, gelatin, glaze, grizzling, honey, icing, jam, jelly, marmalade, meringue, mousse, preserve, silvering, sweet, sweet stuff, sweetmeat, sweets, topping, tutti-frutti, whipped cream, whitening, whitewashing
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