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ice

verb [T] (COVER CAKES)
 
 
/aɪs/ UK (US frost)

Definition

to cover a cake with icing (= a food made mainly with sugar): I've made her a chocolate cake - now I just need to ice it.Preparing foodPreparing food using heat
(Definition of ice verb (COVER CAKES) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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