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defrost
[ dih-frawst, -frost ]
verb (used with object)
- to remove the frost or ice from:
to defrost a refrigerator; to defrost the windshield of a car.
- to thaw or partially thaw (frozen food).
verb (used without object)
- to become free of ice or frost:
The refrigerator defrosted quickly.
- to thaw, as frozen food:
The meat took two hours to defrost.
defrost
/ diːˈfrɒst /
verb
- to make or become free of frost or ice
- to thaw, esp through removal from a refrigerator
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Defrost overnight in the refrigerator (if frozen) and bake before serving.
From The Daily Beast
“It takes a day to defrost and then it takes a day to take out,” Lupoi says on the recording.
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It would seem Bennett has decided to defrost a security perspective that went into deep-freeze in the 1970s.
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He opened the refrigerator and examined the control, then turned it to "defrost."
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