icing sugar

noun

British
: sugar that has been ground into a fine powder

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It was bottled at a strong 54.9 percent ABV, and has notes of baked apple, buttery pastry, icing sugar, citrus, and vanilla shortbread on the palate. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2024 Using a food processor, grind the sugar, icing sugar and almonds. The Week Uk, theweek, 5 May 2024 Moorish pueblos blancos dust the hills like icing sugar, and there’s a vast richness to the ridges and marshes of the national parks that buffer the coast’s extremities. Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024 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 29 Nov. 2024.

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