defrost

Universal Words verb 1 to become or make sth warmer, especially food, so that it is no longer frozen: [VN] Make sure you defrost the chicken completely before cooking. * [V] It will take about four hours to defrost. 2 [VN, V] when you defrost a refrigerator or FREEZER, or when it defrosts, you remove the ice from it compareDE-ICE, MELT, THAW, UNFREEZE 3 [VN] (AmE) to remove ice from the surface of a car's windows defroster noun