| VERB | change | defrost, deice, de-ice | make or become free of frost or ice |
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| Sounds | dihfrao'st | |
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| Rhymes | accost ... Pentecost: 12 rhymes with aost... | |
| Meaning | make or become free of frost or ice. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Defrost the car window" | |
| Synonyms | deice, de-ice | |
| Broader | dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt | Become or cause to become soft or liquid |
| Spanish | descongelar, deshelar | |
| Catalan | descongelar, desgelar, desglaçar | |
| Nouns | defroster | heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane) |
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