defrost

Commercial refrigerators began to warm up, some gradually, others quickly, thanks to the defrost cycle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Transport officials have deployed thousands of employees to shovel snow and defrost railways and roads.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

We are treated to a scene of Tom's taking his mousse out and saying it looks good but needs to defrost for 30 minutes.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2023

Frozen veg mixes are perfect for using in slow cookers as there’s no need to defrost first and no early morning chopping as it’s already been done for you.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2023

They will never breathe the air of a damp New England morning, see smoke rising from a neighbor’s chimney, shiver in a car waiting for the glass to defrost and the engine to warm.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

If you are planning to freeze some of the stock, leave an inch or two of room at the top so that the stock has room to expand as it freezes and then defrosts.

From Salon ● May 24, 2022

She defrosts them in the refrigerator and then uses them to make fried eggs, egg sandwiches and in baking.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2022

About 10% of the planet’s land mass is covered with glacial ice, and as the world defrosts, ancient creatures great and small are being unburied as well.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2021

Patrick Dempsey plays Robert, the divorce lawyer whose heart she manually defrosts.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2020

As the frozen fish defrosts under the hot Kenyan sun, fishmonger Mechak Juma prefers not to tell his customers that it has come all the way from China.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2019

The cake is sold frozen and needs to be defrosted in the fridge overnight before it’s ready to eat.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2025

The NHS recommends defrosted breast milk is used immediately.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024

Business organisations said hours-long outages had caused supermarkets and restaurants to throw away food stock worth thousands of euros as fridges defrosted.

From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2023

Leftover chicken-feta-pasta salad defrosted from the freezer; a corn tortilla with Muenster cheese and smashed avocado; and a salad with carrots, celery, parsley, red pepper, pomegranate seeds, olives.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

The large rucksack had defrosted near the fire and Niels brought it into the kitchen.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

He’s just taken a morning stroll in New York with his girlfriend, Dominican architect Ana Amelia Batlle Cabral, and is still defrosting from the wintry chill; he’ll be fully warmed up upon landing in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

The application External link shows Zoox is looking for release from certain requirements ranging from occupant crash protection to windshield wiping and defrosting.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

What was once considered permanently frozen, stable ground is now defrosting, shifting and causing tremendous damage.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024

Police are warning drivers not to leave their cars while defrosting them following the theft of two vehicles in West Lothian.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2022

When Pilar doesn’t return home by nine o’clock, Lourdes calls the police station and begins defrosting a two-and-a-half-pound stash of pecan sticky buns.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García