frosting

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/
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/ˈfɹɒst.ɪŋ/ · /ˈfɹɔst.ɪŋ/ · /ˈfɹɑst.ɪŋ/

Definition of frosting

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, countable, uncountable)Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods.
    ““[…] Cities aren’t like frosted cake — and, anyhow, even the cake didn’t keep very well. I tried it, and it dried up, ’specially the frosting. I reckon the time to take frosting and good times is while they are going; so I want to see all I can now while I’m here.””
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noun

  1. (US, countable, uncountable)Icing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods.
    ““[…] Cities aren’t like frosted cake — and, anyhow, even the cake didn’t keep very well. I tried it, and it dried up, ’specially the frosting. I reckon the time to take frosting and good times is while they are going; so I want to see all I can now while I’m here.””
  2. (countable, uncountable)A layer of frost.
  3. (countable, uncountable)The theft of a car while it is left unattended, especially when its engine is left running in the winter to defrost the car.

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of frost

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Etymology

From frost + -ing.

Words you can make from frosting

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7-letter words

3 words

6-letter words

21 words

5-letter words

53 words

4-letter words

69 words

3-letter words

45 words

2-letter words

8 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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