Dictionary

defrost en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /diːˈfɹɒst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /diːˈfɹɔst/ (General-American)
• /diːˈfɹɑst/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English defrost From de- + frost.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The removal of frost.
   • But only recently has automatic quick defrost appeared on production models of domestic refrigerators. 1953, Refrigeration Engineering, volume 61, page 531:

Forms

defrost en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /diːˈfɹɒst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /diːˈfɹɔst/ (General-American)
• /diːˈfɹɑst/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English defrost From de- + frost.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove frost from.
   • After leaving the service, he [Jack Schweibold] flew for Chicago Helicopter Airways and Butler Aviation as a jack-of-all-trades. “I flew the first traffic patrol for the Chicago freeways, defrosted tomato crops by keeping the wind blowing on them so the frost couldn’t form,[…]” he says. 1985 March 24, Moselle Schaffer, “Around Town: He Looks for Trouble […]”, in Star Magazine (The Indianapolis Star), Indianapolis, Ind., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16, column 2:
   • 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.

Forms

Deriveds

defrostable · autodefrost · defroster · defrostee

Translations (58)

de entfrosten (to remove frost from) · pt degelar (to thaw) · hu kiolvad (to thaw) · es descongelar (to remove frost from) · sq dej (to remove frost from) · pt descongelar (to remove frost from) · fr déglacer (to remove frost from) · ru разморо́зить (to remove frost from) · cmn 解凍 /解冻 (to thaw) · ms nyahfros (to remove frost from) · ru размора́живать (to thaw) · es recuperarse (to recover from something tiresome) · it scongelare (to thaw) · pl odmrozić (to remove frost from) · cs rozmrazit (to thaw) · sv avfrosta (to remove frost from) · hu kiolvaszt (to remove frost from) · hu felenged (to thaw) · fi sulattaa (to remove frost from) · ca descongelar (to remove frost from) · mi whakarewa (to thaw) · ca desgelar (to thaw) · hu olvad (to thaw) · cs odmrazit (to remove frost from) · sv tina (to thaw) · es descongelar (to thaw) · pl odmrozić (to thaw) · ru разморо́зить (to thaw) · ru размора́живать (to remove frost from) · fi poistaa huurre (to remove frost from) · fi sulattaa (to thaw) · hu felolvaszt (to remove frost from) · ca desglaçar (to thaw) · pl odmrażać (to thaw) · pl rozmrozić (to remove frost from) · hu felolvad (to thaw) · da afrime (to remove frost from) · fi palautua (to recover from something tiresome) · ja 解凍する (to remove frost from) · pl rozmrozić (to thaw) · hu olvaszt (to remove frost from) · de auftauen (to thaw) · ro dezgheța (to thaw) · hu felenged (to recover from something tiresome) · pl odmrozić (to thaw) · izh sulattaa (to thaw) · ca descongelar (to thaw) · hu kienged (to recover from something tiresome) · fr décongeler (to remove frost from) · sq shkri (to remove frost from) · fi poistaa jää (to remove frost from) · uk розморо́жувати (to thaw) · uk розморо́зити (to thaw) · cmn 除霜 (to remove frost from) · fr dégivrer (to remove frost from) · cmn 解凍 /解冻 (to remove frost from) · es deshelar (to remove frost from) · fr décongeler (to thaw)