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The cupcake had pink frosting.
What does Frosting mean?
Sweet icing for cakes.
Dictionary definition
Sweet icing used to cover cakes or cookies; also the act of covering with frost or icing.
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Frosting in a sentence
medium
She spread frosting on the cake.
hard
Frosting can add sweetness, color, and decoration to baked treats.
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What does frosting mean?
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Which word is closest in meaning to frosting?
Icing is close in meaning to frosting.
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Which word is an antonym of frosting?
Plain Cake contrasts with frosting.
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WordFrosting.
Partnoun, verb.
MeaningFrosting means Sweet icing for cakes.
ExampleExample: The cupcake had pink frosting.
Word breakdown
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- Syllables
- fraw · sting
- Strongest beat
- fraw
- Ending
- sting
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on fraw.
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Opposite words
plain cakeCake without icing.
opposite ideaA contrasting idea to frosting, depending on context.
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Base word
frosting
noun
frostings
More than one frosting.
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