noun
Meaning 1
The removal of frost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
defrost
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /diːˈfɹɒst/
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General-American: /diːˈfɹɔst/
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cot-caught-merger: /diːˈfɹɑst/
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rhymes with -ɒst
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 F R AO1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To remove frost from.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I have just defrosted the fridge.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To thaw (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Will you defrost the chops for supper tonight?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To recover from something tiresome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, intransitive
Examples
- See you tomorrow evening; I'll have defrosted from my trip by then.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
make or become free of frost or ice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Defrost the car window
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deice, de-ice
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English defrost From de- + frost.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: shkri — to remove frost from
- Albanian: dej — to remove frost from
- Catalan: descongelar — to remove frost from
- Chinese Mandarin: 除霜 (chúshuāng) — to remove frost from
- Chinese Mandarin: 解凍 /解冻 (jiědòng) — to remove frost from
- Czech: odmrazit — to remove frost from
- Danish: afrime — to remove frost from
- Finnish: poistaa huurre — to remove frost from
- Finnish: poistaa jää — to remove frost from
- Finnish: sulattaa — to remove frost from
- French: décongeler — to remove frost from
- French: dégivrer — to remove frost from
- French: déglacer — to remove frost from
- German: entfrosten — to remove frost from
- Hungarian: olvaszt — to remove frost from
- Hungarian: kiolvaszt — to remove frost from
- Hungarian: felolvaszt — to remove frost from
- Japanese: 解凍する (kaitō suru) — to remove frost from
- Malay: nyahfros — to remove frost from
- Polish: odmrozić — to remove frost from
- Polish: rozmrozić — to remove frost from
- Portuguese: descongelar — to remove frost from
- Russian: размора́живать (razmoráživatʹ) — to remove frost from
- Russian: разморо́зить (razmorózitʹ) — to remove frost from
- Spanish: descongelar — to remove frost from
- Spanish: deshelar — to remove frost from
- Swedish: avfrosta — to remove frost from
- Catalan: descongelar — to thaw
- Catalan: desglaçar — to thaw
- Catalan: desgelar — to thaw
- Chinese Mandarin: 解凍 /解冻 (jiědòng) — to thaw
- Czech: rozmrazit — to thaw
- Finnish: sulattaa — to thaw
- French: décongeler — to thaw
- German: auftauen — to thaw
- Hungarian: olvad — to thaw
- Hungarian: felolvad — to thaw
- Hungarian: kiolvad — to thaw
- Hungarian: felenged — to thaw
- Ingrian: sulattaa — to thaw
- Italian: scongelare — to thaw
- Māori: whakarewa — to thaw
- Polish: odmrozić — to thaw
- Polish: rozmrozić — to thaw
- Polish: odmrozić — to thaw
- Polish: odmrażać — to thaw
- Portuguese: degelar — to thaw
- Romanian: dezgheța — to thaw
- Russian: размора́живать (razmoráživatʹ) — to thaw
- Russian: разморо́зить (razmorózitʹ) — to thaw
- Spanish: descongelar — to thaw
- Swedish: tina — to thaw
- Ukrainian: розморо́жувати (rozmoróžuvaty) — to thaw
- Ukrainian: розморо́зити (rozmorózyty) — to thaw
- Finnish: palautua — to recover from something tiresome
- Hungarian: felenged — to recover from something tiresome
- Hungarian: kienged — to recover from something tiresome
- Spanish: recuperarse — to recover from something tiresome