defrost

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈfɹɒst/
Rhymes: -ɒst

Verb

defrost (third-person singular simple present defrosts, present participle defrosting, simple past and past participle defrosted)

(transitive) To remove frost from.
I have just defrosted the fridge.
(transitive) To thaw something.
Will you defrost the chops for supper tonight?
(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 (zh), 解冻 (zh) (jiědòng)
Czech: odmrazit
Finnish: poistaa huurre, poistaa jää, sulattaa (fi)
French: décongeler (fr)
German: entfrosten (de)

Japanese: 解凍する (ja) (かいとうする, kaitō suru)
Polish: odmrozić, rozmrozić
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)
Maori: whakarewa

Polish: odmrozić, rozmrozić
Portuguese: degelar (pt)
Romanian: dezgheța (ro)
Russian: размора́живать (ru) impf (razmoráživatʹ), разморо́зить (ru) pf (razmorózitʹ)
Spanish: descongelar (es)
Ukrainian: розморо́жувати impf (rozmoróžuvaty), розморо́зити pf (rozmorózyty)

to recover from something tiresome

Finnish: palautua

Anagrams

frosted

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