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the icing on the cake

the ic·ing on the cake
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stressed th ee ahy-sing on, awn stressed th ee keyk]
    • /stressed ði ˈaɪ sɪŋ ɒn, ɔn stressed ði keɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stressed th ee ahy-sing on, awn stressed th ee keyk]
    • /stressed ði ˈaɪ sɪŋ ɒn, ɔn stressed ði keɪk/

Definitions of the icing on the cake words

  • phrase the icing on the cake If you describe something as the icing on the cake, you mean that it makes a good thing even better, but it is not essential. 0
  • noun the icing on the cake (Idiomatic) Something that intensifies the appreciation of something already good. 0
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Parts of speech for The icing on the cake

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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the icing on the cake popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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