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Definition of Defrost
1. Verb. Make or become free of frost or ice. "Defrost the car window"
Generic synonyms: Dethaw, Dissolve, Melt, Thaw, Unfreeze, Unthaw
Derivative terms: Defroster, Deicer
Definition of Defrost
1. Verb. (transitive) To remove frost from. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To thaw something. ¹
3. Verb. (informal intransitive) To recover from something tiresome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Defrost
1. to remove frost from [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defrost
Literary usage of Defrost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alternative Farming Systems by K. Schnieder (1994)
"Data for 1989 best available products refer to automatic defrost units with
top-mounted freezers having unadjusted volumes of 18.0 cubic feet. ..."
2. SAS/QC 9.1 by SAS Institute (2004)
"Figure 37.37 shows a listing of a SAS data set containing field data on replacements
of defrost controls in 22914 refrigerators, whose ages are grouped by ..."
3. Building Energy Efficiency (1992)
"Data for 1989 best available products refer to automatic defrost units with
top-mounted freezers having unadjusted volumes of 18.0 cubic feet. ..."
4. Energy Efficiency: Challenges and Trends for Electric UtilitiesBusiness & Economics (1994)
"... no through-the- door Ice, and with adjusted volumes of 20.8 cubic feet.
b Upright, manual defrost units with an adjusted volume of 26.1 cubic feet c ..."
5. Coumarin from the People's Republic of China: An International Trade ...by DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"43 Chairman Newquist notes that in defrost Timers from Japan, Inv. No. ...
Although defrost Timers has in fact gone to a final investigation, ..."
6. Home Energy Manual (1993)
"Automatic defrost freezers can consume 40 percent more electricity than similar
manual defrost models. • Don't buy a refrigerator that is oversized for your ..."
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