icing sugar

noun

1. a very finely ground sugar used for icings, confections, etc US termconfectioners' sugar

Example Sentences

One commentator said now that the "do-gooder" pandoro with pink icing sugar had been exposed as junk, Italians were wondering where that left "the princess of influencers as well as queen of social media".

From BBC

Not to be confused with fruit cake, stollen is a traditional German Christmas bread that consists of nuts, spices, marzipan and dried/candied fruit, coated with powdered sugar or icing sugar.

From Salon

The icing sugar available in the U.K. does not have corn starch in it and because of that, it creates a significantly stronger icing that dries rock hard.

From Salon

As for how it compares to other types of sugar, it's not as fine as powdered sugar aka icing sugar aka confectioners' sugar.

From Salon

You could get a plate of poffertjes - a Dutch treat of tiny pancakes covered in icing sugar - without having to wait in a long line.

From Washington Times