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icing
4 ENTRIES FOUND:
icing
(noun)
icing sugar
(noun)
cake
(noun)
ice
(verb)
icing
/
ˈ
aɪsɪŋ/
noun
icing
/
ˈ
aɪsɪŋ/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of ICING
[
noncount
]
:
frosting
a cake with chocolate
icing
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icing on the cake
:
something extra that makes a good thing even better
The concert itself was great, and getting to meet the band afterward was (the)
icing on the cake
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