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defrost, v.|diːˈfrɒst|
[f. de- II. 2 + frost n.]
trans. To unfreeze, remove the frost from; spec. (a) to unfreeze (frozen meat or other provisions); (b) to clear the frost from (e.g. the interior of a refrigerator, the windscreen of a motor vehicle or aircraft). Also absol. and refl.; occas. intr., to become unfrozen. So deˈfrosted ppl. a.; deˈfrosting vbl. n.
1895Daily News 29 May 8/4 It was believed that Queensland defrosted beef could be brought into formidable competition with American chilled. 1895Australasian Pastoralists' Rev. 15 Aug. p. viii, The difficulties hitherto attaching to the defrosting of Beef and Mutton. 1897Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1896 26 Each year there is visible improvement in the methods of defrosting meats in European markets. 1924Glasgow Herald 19 Aug. 7 The electrical defrosting process experiments which were recently undertaken in Melbourne. 1937‘N. Blake’ There's Trouble Brewing ix. 166 Nigel was standing near the door, his back to one of the refrigerators. ‘Doesn't seem so cold as when I was here last.’ ‘No, sir,’ said Carruthers. ‘We're defrosting now.’ 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 232/2 An automatic de-frosting mechanism is incorporated in some machines. 1953C. M. Kornbluth Syndic (1964) xix. 201 He defrosted some hamburger, fried it and ate it. 1957Daily Mail 5 Sept. 11/5 The vegetables..now defrost in the car on the way from the home to the picnic-ground. 1957Economist 9 Nov. 499/2 The heater provides a generous flow of warm air... The result is extremely efficient demisting and defrosting. 1958Listener 17 July 81/1 The refrigerator that defrosts itself. 1960Housewife Apr. 114/1 Simply defrost a packet of frozen chicken joints. 1965J. Christopher Wrinkle in Skin iv. 46 They had a mess of defrosted strawberries afterwards. 1970Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 17 Both refrigerator and deep-freezer de-frost themselves continuously and automatically. 1970Which? Sept. 283/2 Most manufacturers recommend defrosting once a year. |
