'defrost' is a correct and commonly used word in written English.
It is a verb that means to remove frost or ice from something by warming it up. Example: I need to defrost the chicken before cooking it for dinner tonight.
Make sure your son or daughter knows how to sew on a button or a repair a hem, change a light bulb (yes, honestly some have never done that at home), tie a tie, defrost a refrigerator (some dorm fridges aren't self-defrosting) and judge how long different foods can stay in a refrigerator before going bad.
If you're using frozen spinach, take a tip from the excellently named Salvador Dhali on Curry Recipes forum, and allow it to defrost, drain and dry out before use – "it needs to be thoroughly squeezed of excess liquid (you'll be surprised at how much liquid comes out)," he writes.
You can even stop to defrost in front of a roaring pub fire.
Some scrooges may be tired of yuletide episode cliches being crowbarred into their favourite shows: A frozen turkey that won't defrost!
They would like to defrost things a little by reducing the minority's ability to impede legislation.
This effort to defrost the relationship will import goodwill to the string of summit meetings this month.Scratch beneath the surface, however, and differences remain.
They have put EU membership firmly on ice for the foreseeable future and may not defrost it for decades, if ever.The Swiss tend to be apologetic about the slow pace of their political process, but argue that the results are worth waiting for: after exhaustive debate, once a decision has been made on an issue, it has been legitimised and is widely accepted.Clearly, for the Swiss the system works.
Sources close to a Commonwealth legal panel that investigated Kenya's judiciary last year said that only three of the country's 310 judges were neither corrupt nor incompetent.Foreign donors, impressed with the purge, are already starting to defrost their aid programmes.
I'm in a woolly dress, and scarf, and boots, and have just tried to defrost my fingers with the hand dryer at Carluccio's, and I'm cold.
That way you can grab a handful and quickly defrost it for a simple pasta supper.
A good basic 800 watt microwave, this has three power settings, a 60-minute timer and defrost settings.
