icing sugar

noun

British
: sugar that has been ground into a fine powder

Examples of icing sugar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The filo pastry savory is flavored with the spice blend ras el hanout, apricots, chile, orange zest and almonds before being sprinkled with cinnamon and icing sugar. Angus MacKinnon, CNN, 3 Apr. 2023 There is no more icing sugar. Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2023

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“Icing sugar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/icing%20sugar. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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