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/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] (of food食物) to become warmer so that it is no longer frozen; to make food warmer so that it is no longer frozen解冻,使解冻(尤指食物)
    • It will take about four hours to defrost.解冻要花四小时左右。🔊🔊
    • defrost something Make sure you defrost the chicken completely before cooking.一定要让冻鸡化透后再烹调。🔊🔊
    compare de-ice, melt, thaw, unfreezeTopics Cooking and eatingc1
  2. [transitive, intransitive] defrost (something) when you defrost a fridge or freezer, or when it defrosts, you remove the ice from it给(冰箱或冷冻柜)除霜;除霜
  3. [transitive] defrost something to remove ice from the surface of a car’s windows除去(汽车玻璃上的)冰霜 synonym de-ice