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icing noun [ ˈʌɪsɪŋ ]

• a mixture of sugar with water, egg white, or butter, used as a coating for cakes or biscuits.
Similar: glaze, sugar paste, royal icing, butter icing, glacé icing, fondant icing, frosting,
• the formation of ice on an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle, or in an engine.

ice verb

• decorate (a cake or biscuit) with icing.
Similar: cover with icing, glaze, frost,
• clinch (something such as a victory or deal).
• kill.
• "she was saved from being iced by the mafia"
Origin: Old English īs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ijs and German Eis .

the icing on the cake

• an attractive but inessential addition or enhancement.
"more goals would have been the icing on the cake"



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