defrost

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /diːˈfɹɒst/

Verb

defrost (defrosts, present participle defrosting; past and past participle defrosted)

1. (transitive) To remove frost from.

   I have just defrosted the fridge.

2. (transitive) To thaw something.

   Will you defrost the chops for supper tonight?

3. (informal, intransitive) To recover from something tiresome.

   See you tomorrow evening; I'll have defrosted from my trip by then.

Translations

• French: décongeler, dégivrer
• German: entfrosten
• Portuguese: descongelar
• Russian: размора́живать
• Spanish: descongelar, deshelar

Translations

• French: décongeler
• German: auftauen
• Portuguese: degelar
• Russian: размора́живать
• Spanish: descongelar

Noun

defrost

1. The removal of frost.
   • 1953, Refrigeration Engineering (volume 61, page 531)

     But only recently has automatic quick defrost appeared on production models of domestic refrigerators.

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