icing sugar
noun [U] UK (US powdered sugar, confectioner's sugar)Definition
› a soft powder made from sugar that is used to make icing for cakesSugar and sugar substitutes
(Definition of icing sugar noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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