Icing

Definitions

1. 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.
   countable, uncountable
2. 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.
   countable, uncountable
3. The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.
   countable, uncountable
4. Conditions conducive to the formation of ice on aircraft surfaces.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“THICK FLUFFY ICING At the present⟳ time there is a demand⟳ for very light⟳ fluffy icing that may be piled high on a cake. For beating many of the icings of this variety an electric beater is used, and the syrup is added very slowly.”

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

CEFR level