defrost
nounEtymology From de- + frost.
1
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:
defrost
verbUK /diːˈfɹɒst/ · US /diːˈfɹɔst/
Etymology From de- + frost.
1
To remove frost from.
- I have just defrosted the fridge.
- 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:
2
To thaw (something).
- Will you defrost the chops for supper tonight?
3
Informal To recover from something tiresome.
- See you tomorrow evening; I'll have defrosted from my trip by then.
- Derived terms
- autodefrost, defrostable, defrostee, defroster