frosting

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: frost=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

frosting, n. 

•  A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish.  [1913 Webster]
•  the lightened color on part of an object, as of hair, produced by treatment with bleach or other chemicals; as only part of the object is thus treated, the final color of the object is two-toned; also, the process of producing such a two-toned effect.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

frosting, n.
1 US icing.
2 a rough surface on glass etc.

THESAURUS

frosting

Jell-O, albification, blanching, blancmange, bleaching, candy, comfit, compote, confiture, conserve, etiolation, gelatin, glaze, grizzling, honey, icing, jam, jelly, marmalade, meringue, mousse, preserve, silvering, sweet, sweet stuff, sweetmeat, sweets, topping, tutti-frutti, whipped cream, whitening, whitewashing