DEFROST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they defrost ... he / she / it defrosts

Past simple: defrosted

Past participle: defrosted

-ing form: defrosting

Meaning:

Make or become free of frost or ice

Example:

Defrost the car window

Synonyms:

de-ice; defrost; deice

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "defrost" is one way to...):

dethaw; dissolve; melt; thaw; unfreeze; unthaw (become or cause to become soft or liquid)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

defroster (heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane))