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frosting
frosting
1. American name for icing on cakes; in the UK icing made from sugar and egg white (known as American or royal icing). 2. A way of decorating the rim of a glass in which a cold drink is to be served; the edge is coated with whipped egg white, dipped into caster sugar, and allowed to dry. 3. For a margarita cocktail the edge of the glass is frosted by dipping it into lemon juice, then salt. |
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DAVID A. BENDER. "frosting." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "frosting." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-frosting.html DAVID A. BENDER. "frosting." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-frosting.html |
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frosting
frost·ing / ˈfrôsting/ • n. 1. icing. 2. a roughened matte finish on otherwise shiny material such as glass or steel. |
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"frosting." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "frosting." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-frosting.html "frosting." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-frosting.html |
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frosting
frosting
•matting • exacting
•Banting, ranting
•parting
•enchanting, planting
•everlasting, fasting, lasting
•narrowcasting
•letting, setting, wetting
•self-respecting, self-selecting, unreflecting, unsuspecting
•tempting
•unconsenting, unrelenting
•excepting
•arresting, unprotesting, unresting, westing
•bloodletting • trendsetting
•pace-setting • typesetting
•photosetting
•grating, plating, rating, slating, uprating, weighting
•painting
•pasting, tasting
•undeviating • self-perpetuating
•unaccommodating • self-deprecating
•suffocating • self-regulating
•undiscriminating • underpainting
•unhesitating
•beating, fleeting, greeting, Keating, meeting, self-defeating, sweeting
•easting
•fitting, sitting, unbefitting, unremitting, witting
•printing, unstinting
•listing, twisting, unresisting
•shopfitting • marketing
•telemarketing • pickpocketing
•weightlifting • side-splitting
•carpeting • trumpeting
•uninteresting • visiting
•backlighting, lighting, self-righting, sighting, unexciting, uninviting, whiting, writing
•infighting • prizefighting
•dogfighting • bullfighting
•handwriting • screenwriting
•scriptwriting • copywriting
•skywriting • signwriting
•typewriting • songwriting • knotting
•prompting
•costing, frosting
•self-supporting, unsporting
•malting, salting
•ripsnorting • outing
•accounting, mounting
•coating
•Boulting, revolting
•posting, roasting
•billposting • disappointing
•shooting, suiting, Tooting
•sharpshooting • footing
•off-putting
•cutting, Nutting
•bunting
•disgusting, self-adjusting, trusting
•blockbusting • linocutting
•woodcutting • disquieting
•disconcerting, shirting, skirting
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"frosting." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "frosting." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-frosting.html "frosting." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-frosting.html |
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