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defrosting

defrosting is the present participle and gerund of defrost.

Meaning of defrost

Verb

defrost (third-person singular simple present defrosts, present participle defrosting, simple past and past participle defrosted)

  1. (transitive) To remove frost from.
    • I have just defrosted the fridge.
  2. (transitive) To thaw (something).
    • Will you defrost the chops for supper tonight?
  3. (informal, intransitive) To recover from something tiresome.
    • See you tomorrow evening; I'll have defrosted from my trip by then.

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Noun

defrosting (countable and uncountable, plural defrostings)

  1. The process by which something is defrosted.
    • Insufficient defrosting causes electricity waste by overworking the cabinet and also results in high temperatures.1962, The Sanitarian, volume 71, page 132, column 2

Forms of defrosting

pluraldefrostings

Questions about defrosting

What does defrosting mean?
Defrosting means the process by which something is defrosted.
What is defrosting the present participle and gerund of?
Defrosting is the present participle and gerund of defrost.
What part of speech is defrosting?
Defrosting is a noun.
What is the plural of defrosting?
The plural of defrosting is defrostings.

Words near defrosting in the dictionary

  1. defrosted
  2. defrostee
  3. defrostees
  4. defroster
  5. defrosters
  6. defrosting
  7. defrostings
  8. defrosts
  9. defroxamine
  10. defroze
  11. defrozen

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