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third-person singular simple present defrosts, present participle defrosting, simple past and past participle defrosted
(transitive) To remove frost from. examples
(transitive) To thaw something. examples
(informal, intransitive) To recover from something tiresome. examples
countable and uncountable, plural defrosts
The removal of frost. quotations examples
But only recently has automatic quick defrost appeared on production models of domestic refrigerators.
1953, Refrigeration Engineering, volume 61, page 531