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icing

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈaɪsɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪsɪŋ
  • rhymes with -ɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: AY1 S IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for baked goods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: frosting

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Conditions conducive to the formation of ice on aircraft surfaces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, climatology, engineering, meteorology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • The Cessna pilots reported that moderate icing was present between 13,000 and 4,000 feet in the cloud layers.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of ice

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: icing the puck

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: maneuver, manoeuvre, play

7

noun

Meaning 7

a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: frosting, ice

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: topping

8

noun

Meaning 8

the formation of frost or ice on a surface

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: frost

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: freeze, freezing

History

Etymology

Gerund of the verb to ice.

From the verb to ice.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَغْطِيَة سُكَّر (taḡṭiya sukkar) — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Bulgarian: глазура (glazura) — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Catalan: glaça — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Chinese Cantonese: 糖衣 (tong4 ji1) — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糖霜 (táng shuāng) — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Danish: glasur — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Esperanto: glaceo — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Finnish: kuorrutus — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Finnish: kuorrute — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • French: glaçage — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • German: Zuckerguss — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • German: Glasur — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Greek: γλάσο (gláso) — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Hungarian: cukormáz — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Italian: glassa — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Italian: glassatura — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Italian: brillantatura — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Italian: ghiaccia — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Japanese: アイシング (aishingu) — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Kazakh: зертас (zertas) — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Korean: 아이싱 (aising) — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Māori: pani reka — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Māori: pani huka — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Norwegian Bokmål: glasur — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: glasur — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Plautdietsch: Eisinj — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Polish: lukier — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Portuguese: glacê — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Portuguese: glace — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Romanian: glazură (de zahăr) — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Russian: глазу́рь (glazúrʹ) — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Sicilian: ncillippata — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Sicilian: jelu — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Sicilian: jilata — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Spanish: glaseado — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Spanish: alcorza — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Spanish: lustre — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Swedish: glasyr — sweet glaze used for baked goods
  • Bulgarian: айсинг (ajsing) — minor violation of ice hockey rules
  • Catalan: refús prohibit — minor violation of ice hockey rules
  • Czech: zakázané uvolnění — minor violation of ice hockey rules
  • Finnish: pitkä kiekko — minor violation of ice hockey rules
  • Polish: icing — minor violation of ice hockey rules
  • Slovak: zakázané uvoľnenie — minor violation of ice hockey rules
  • Swedish: icing — minor violation of ice hockey rules
  • Azerbaijani: buzbağlama — process of forming a layer of ice
  • Bulgarian: обледеняване (obledenjavane) — process of forming a layer of ice
  • Finnish: jäädytys — process of forming a layer of ice
  • Finnish: jäädyttäminen — process of forming a layer of ice
  • German: Vereisung — process of forming a layer of ice
  • Polish: obladzanie — process of forming a layer of ice
  • Romanian: acoperire cu gheață — process of forming a layer of ice
  • Russian: обледене́ние (obledenénije) — process of forming a layer of ice
  • Sicilian: njilata — process of forming a layer of ice
  • Sicilian: jilata — process of forming a layer of ice
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