defrost

verb

release from a frozen state

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /diːˈfɹɒst/ / /diːˈfɹɔst/ / /diːˈfɹɑst/

noun

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.

The removal of frost.
“But only recently has automatic quick defrost appeared on production models of domestic refrigerators.”

verb

To remove frost from.
“I have just defrosted the fridge.”
“After leaving the service, he [Jack Schweibold] flew for Chicago Helicopter Airways and Butler Aviation as a jack-of-all-trades. “I flew the first traffic patrol for the Chicago freeways, defrosted tomato crops by keeping the wind blowing on them so the frost couldn’t form,[…]” he says.”
To thaw (something).
“Will you defrost the chops for supper tonight?”
To recover from something tiresome.
“See you tomorrow evening; I'll have defrosted from my trip by then.”