Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for baked goods.

    Zuckerguss, Glasur

    глазу́рьglazúrʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this.

    (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal

  3. (countable, uncountable)The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.

    Vereisung

    обледене́ниеobledenénije

    the formation of frost or ice on a surface

  4. (countable, uncountable)Conditions conducive to the formation of ice on aircraft surfaces.

    The Cessna pilots reported that moderate icing was present between 13,000 and 4,000 feet in the cloud layers.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Mary put some icing on the cake.

    deMary überzog den Kuchen mit einer Glasur.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Hybrid · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. Tom bought two chocolate cupcakes with vanilla icing and gave one of them to Mary.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. Do you like chocolate icing?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Hybrid · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. That was just icing on the cake.

    ruЭто была вишенка на торте.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CM · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. Mary put the icing on the cake.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Hybrid · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
sweet glaze used for baked goods:
process of forming a layer of ice:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
sweet glaze used for baked goods:
process of forming a layer of ice:

Origin

Gerund of the verb to ice.

Gerund of the verb to ice.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: icings
Singularicing
Pluralicings

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal:icing the puck
  • a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes:frostingice
  • the formation of frost or ice on a surface:frost

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
icing — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto