the formation of frost or ice on a surface
Used in a Sentence
icing
How to use icing in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for icing.
Editorial note
That's icing on the cake, to me, because I protect my family.
Examples7
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
the formation of frost or ice on a surface
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of icing gathered in one view.
a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for icing.
noun
the formation of frost or ice on a surface
See also: frost
noun
a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
noun
(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
Example sentences
That's icing on the cake, to me, because I protect my family.
The hopelessly mixed metaphor is just icing on the cake, but you do have to break a few eggs to throw the baby out before it's hatched.
That you can adjust the focus after you shoot is icing on the cake, but tremendously delicious icing.
And the icing on the cake is probably the minimum 2 recruiter LinkedIn emails I get a week offering even more money.
So these companies make most of their profits in the US, and then they'll grumble and accept lower prices in every other country, because at that point it's just icing to them.
But that is just about the only icing on this cake, other than that there needs to be some real hard work done to set this right and to do what can be done to avoid a repetition in the future.
More so,\n I think it's in WMF's and the open source communities interest to coalesce\n around the MariaDB Foundation as the best route to ensuring a truly open\n and well supported future for mysql derived database technology.\n Performance gains along the way are icing on the cake.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use icing in a sentence?
That's icing on the cake, to me, because I protect my family.
What does icing mean?
the formation of frost or ice on a surface
What part of speech is icing?
icing is commonly used as noun.