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glasieren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • frost noun A thin layer of ice crystals that forms on surfaces exposed to freezing air.
  • glaze noun A thin, shiny coating applied to pottery, food, or another surface.

Senses

glasieren is used for these senses in English:

  • frost (transitive) To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.
  • glaze (transitive) To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.

frost — full definition

  1. noun A thin layer of ice crystals that forms on surfaces exposed to freezing air.
  2. noun Freezing weather cold enough to produce this layer of ice.
  3. verb To cover a cake or other baked good with icing.
  4. verb To become covered with a thin layer of ice.

glaze — full definition

  1. noun A thin, shiny coating applied to pottery, food, or another surface.
  2. verb To cover something with a thin, shiny coating.
  3. verb (of eyes) To become dull and unfocused, usually from boredom or tiredness.

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