Icing sugar
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Powdered sugar. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
"The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar."
- 2 finely powdered sugar used to make icing wordnet
Example
More examples"The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar."