icing

indénombrable

A sweet, often creamy or sugary mixture used to coat or decorate cakes, pastries, and other baked goods.

• 🇫🇷Mélange sucré, souvent crémeux ou à base de sucre, utilisé pour recouvrir ou décorer les gâteaux, pâtisseries et autres produits de boulangerie.

1. Sweet topping A2 formal culinary

   A sweet, creamy mixture used to cover or decorate cakes and pastries.

   • She spread chocolate icing on the birthday cake.
   • The baker used a piping bag to apply the icing.
   • I love the vanilla icing on these cupcakes.

   🇫🇷Glaçage sucré

   Synonymes: frostingglaze

2. Ice formation B2 formal

   A layer of ice that forms on surfaces, especially on aircraft wings or roads.

   • The plane was delayed due to icing on the wings.
   • Icing on the roads made driving dangerous.
   • The pilot checked for icing before takeoff.

   🇫🇷Givrage

   Synonymes: frostglazeicerime

• icings plural form
• icings' possessive plural form
• icing's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of covering something with ice, cooling something, or (in informal contexts) killing or securing a victory.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de couvrir de glace, de refroidir quelque chose ou (dans un contexte informel) de tuer ou de sceller une victoire.

1. Cover with ice B1 formal

   To become covered with ice or to cause something to become covered with ice.

   • The cold weather iced the roads overnight.
   • The wings of the plane iced up during the storm.
   • The freezing rain iced the trees and power lines.

   🇫🇷Givrer

   Synonymes: freezefrostglazeice overice up

   Antonymes: deicemeltthaw

2. Cool with ice A2 informal

   To cool a drink or food by adding ice or placing it on ice.

   • She iced the champagne before the party.
   • Please ice the soda before serving.
   • He iced the cake to keep it fresh.

   🇫🇷Refroidir avec de la glace

   Synonymes: chillcoolrefrigerate

   Antonymes: heatwarm

3. Decorate a cake A2 informal

   To cover a cake with icing or frosting.

   • She iced the birthday cake with pink frosting.
   • He spent hours icing the wedding cake.
   • The baker iced the cupcakes with chocolate.

   🇫🇷Glaçer un gâteau

   Synonymes: frostglaze

4. Kill (slang) C2 slang american

   To murder someone, often used in informal or criminal contexts.

   • The gangster threatened to ice his rival.
   • He was iced in a drive-by shooting.
   • The mob boss ordered his men to ice the informant.

   🇫🇷Tuer (argot)

   Synonymes: assassinatebump offdispatcheliminatehitkillliquidatemurderoffrub outslaysmoketake outterminatewastewhack

• iced past participle
• iced past simple
• icing present participle
• ices third person singular

Variantes phrasal: ice overice up