different between icing vs icicle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?s??/
• Rhymes: -a?s??
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Gerund of the verb to ice.

Noun

icing (countable and uncountable, plural icings)

1. A sweet glaze made primarily of sugar and often flavored, typically used for baked goods; frosting.
2. (ice hockey) A minor violation of ice hockey rules, occurring when a player shoots the puck from his/her side of the red line so that it crosses the goal line on the opponent's side. A team playing short-handed is not penalized for this.
3. The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.
4. (aviation, meteorology) Conditions conducive to the formation of ice on aircraft surfaces; icing conditions.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Swedish: icing

Translations

Etymology 2

From the verb to ice.

Verb

icing

1. present participle of ice

Swedish

Etymology

From English icing.

Noun

icing c

1. (sports) icing; a minor violation of rules in hockey

Declension

Further reading

• icing in Svensk ordbok.

English

Etymology

From Middle English isykle, isikel, equivalent to ice +? ickle. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Iesjuukel (“icicle”), German Low German Iesjökel, dialectal Danish jisegel (“icicle”), Norwegian isjukel (“icicle”) and Elfdalian aisikkel.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /???s?k?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a?s.?kl?/, /?a?.s?.kl?/

Noun

icicle (plural icicles)

1. A drooping, tapering shape of ice.

Derived terms

• icicle radish
• popsicle

Translations

Anagrams

• cilice