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icing

 
 
/ˈaɪsɪŋ/ noun [U] ( also US frosting)

Translation

a sweet mixture used to cover or fill cakes, made from sugar and water or sugar and butter
pudra şekerli krema
chocolate butter icing880
the icing on the cake something that makes a good situation better
iyileştiren
He was delighted to get the article published and the £100 payment was the icing on the cake.1839
(Definition of icing noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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