🇬🇧 Frosting meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Frosting is the sweet, creamy topping that you spread or squirt onto cakes, cupcakes, and cookies to make them taste extra yummy and look extra fancy.

My little brother only eats cake for the frosting, so we just gave him a bowl of it and called it a day.

I put so much frosting on my cupcake that it needed a forklift to get to my mouth.

Mom said, “Don’t lick the frosting,” so I politely took a big bite instead.

By the time we finished decorating, there was frosting on the cake, the chairs, the ceiling, and somehow the goldfish.

Some people call it icing, some say frosting, but everyone agrees it’s the best part of the cake—scientifically proven by kids who only eat the top.

Emma spread pink frosting across the small cake. Her brother licked frosting from his finger and grinned. She held a cupcake, topping it with blue frosting as blue drops fell. A cat jumped, nose poked the frosting, and stayed still, tasting. Everyone laughed. They wiped frosting on the plate, and the cake still looked perfect.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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