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Meaning of icing sugar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Powdered sugar.

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Staubzucker
Ελληνικά άχνη ζάχαρη άχνη
Suomi tomusokeri
Polski cukier puder
Svenska florsocker
Türkçe pudra şekeri

Examples

“The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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