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ICING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does icing mean?
• ICING (noun)
The noun ICING has 3 senses:
1. the formation of frost or ice on a surface
2. a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
3. (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
Familiarity information: ICING used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The formation of frost or ice on a surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
frost; icing
Hypernyms ("icing" is a kind of...):
freeze; freezing (the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("icing" is a kind of...):
topping (a flavorful addition on top of a dish)
Derivation:
ice (decorate with frosting)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
icing; icing the puck
Hypernyms ("icing" is a kind of...):
maneuver; manoeuvre; play (a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill)
Domain category:
hockey; hockey game; ice hockey (a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks)
Context examples
Treatments vary but might include medicines, icing, bed rest, physical therapy, or surgery.
(Back Injuries, NIH)
The December 25 eclipse was the icing on the cake, for that eclipse was deliciously and remarkably sweet.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The icing on the cake will be that Uranus, planet of surprise, will send this new moon eclipse a perfect electric greeting from his perch in your sixth house of work-a-day matters.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This evening has the transiting moon in Cancer, adding icing on the cake.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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