defrost
verb/diːˈfrɒst/
/diːˈfrɔːst/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they defrost | /diːˈfrɒst/ /diːˈfrɔːst/ |
| he / she / it defrosts | /diːˈfrɒsts/ /diːˈfrɔːsts/ |
| past simple defrosted | /diːˈfrɒstɪd/ /diːˈfrɔːstɪd/ |
| past participle defrosted | /diːˈfrɒstɪd/ /diːˈfrɔːstɪd/ |
| -ing form defrosting | /diːˈfrɒstɪŋ/ /diːˈfrɔːstɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (of food) to become warmer so that it is no longer frozen; to make food warmer so that it is no longer frozen
- It will take about four hours to defrost.
- defrost something Make sure you defrost the chicken completely before cooking.
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- [transitive, intransitive] defrost (something) when you defrost a fridge or freezer, or when it defrosts, you remove the ice from it
- [transitive] defrost something to remove ice from the surface of a car’s windows synonym de-ice
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