defrost
verb (used with object)
to remove the frost or ice from.
defrosts
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present tense formof defrost (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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If you are planning to freeze some of the stock, leave an inch or two of room at the top so that the stock has room to expand as it freezes and then defrosts.
From Salon ● May 24, 2022
She defrosts them in the refrigerator and then uses them to make fried eggs, egg sandwiches and in baking.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2022
About 10% of the planet’s land mass is covered with glacial ice, and as the world defrosts, ancient creatures great and small are being unburied as well.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
About 10 percent of the planet’s land mass is covered with glacial ice, and as the world defrosts, ancient creatures great and small are being unburied as well.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
As the frozen fish defrosts under the hot Kenyan sun, fishmonger Mechak Juma prefers not to tell his customers that it has come all the way from China.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2019
