defrost

defrost

English

Etymology

de- +‎ frost

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈfɹɒst/

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• Rhymes: -ɒst

Verb

defrost (third-person singular simple present defrosts, present participle defrosting, simple 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.

Derived terms

• autodefrost

Translations

to remove frost from

Catalan: descongelar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 除霜 (zh) (chúshuāng), 解凍／解冻 (zh) (jiědòng) Czech: odmrazit Finnish: poistaa huurre, poistaa jää, sulattaa (fi) French: décongeler (fr), dégivrer (fr), déglacer (fr) German: entfrosten (de) Hungarian: olvaszt (hu), kiolvaszt (hu), felolvaszt (hu) Japanese: 解凍する (ja) (かいとうする, kaitō suru) Polish: odmrozić, rozmrozić (pl) Portuguese: descongelar (pt) Russian: размора́живать (ru) impf (razmoráživatʹ), разморо́зить (ru) pf (razmorózitʹ) Spanish: descongelar (es), deshelar (es) Swedish: avfrosta (sv)

to thaw

Catalan: descongelar (ca), desglaçar (ca), desgelar (ca) Czech: rozmrazit Finnish: sulattaa (fi) French: décongeler (fr) German: auftauen (de) Hungarian: olvad (hu), felolvad, kiolvad (hu), felenged (hu) Maori: whakarewa Polish: odmrozić, rozmrozić (pl), odmrozić pf, odmrażać impf Portuguese: degelar (pt) Romanian: dezgheța (ro) Russian: размора́живать (ru) impf (razmoráživatʹ), разморо́зить (ru) pf (razmorózitʹ) Spanish: descongelar (es) Swedish: tina (sv) Ukrainian: розморо́жувати impf (rozmoróžuvaty), розморо́зити pf (rozmorózyty)

to recover from something tiresome

Finnish: palautua (fi) Hungarian: felenged (hu), kienged (hu) Spanish: recuperarse (es)

Noun

defrost (countable and uncountable, plural defrosts)

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.

Anagrams

• frosted