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defrost

[ dih-frawst, -frost ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to remove the frost or ice from:

    to defrost a refrigerator; to defrost the windshield of a car.

  2. to thaw or partially thaw (frozen food).


verb (used without object)

  1. to become free of ice or frost:

    The refrigerator defrosted quickly.

  2. to thaw, as frozen food:

    The meat took two hours to defrost.

defrost

/ »å¾±Ëˈ´Ú°ùÉ’²õ³Ù /

verb

  1. to make or become free of frost or ice
  2. to thaw, esp through removal from a refrigerator
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of defrost1

First recorded in 1890–95; de- + frost
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Example Sentences

The steaks are aged for 21 days and arrive frozen and individually vacuum-sealed so they can be pulled out of the freezer and quickly defrosted whenever the urge strikes.

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Alaska is both the most climate-vulnerable state in the nation and, with its ice-locked methane beginning to defrost, a virtual climate bomb.

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Once the meat is defrosted, cook it immediately.

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Staff at Network Rail will also be equipped with specialist kits to defrost frozen points and signals to keep the railway running safely.

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However, at a staff handover on 25 May, she heard nurses saying they had only just disposed of breast milk which had been defrosted more than 72 hours earlier.

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