frosting

Meanings

Plural: frostings

Noun

• a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
• Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods.
• A layer of frost.
• The theft of a car while it is left unattended, especially when its engine is left running in the winter to defrost the car.

Verb

• decorate with frosting
• provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance
• cover with frost
• damage by frost
• present participle and gerund of frost

Synonyms

frost, ice, icing