defrost

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Because shrimp are so small, they don’t need much time to defrost.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

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

In the middle of the night, Sofya and the others stumbled out of bed and began to defrost the planes by spraying them with hot water from a tank truck.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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

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

He buys quarts of soup, which he freezes and defrosts for lunch.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2012

With Mariah Carey fully defrosted and mince pies disappearing at an alarming rate, families everywhere are poring over surely the most important item in any household - the Christmas TV listings guide.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025

Once the meat is defrosted, cook it immediately.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 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

"Once an attacker can operate those controls, legitimate functions such as defrosting become tools for disruption," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

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

Just like Christmas creep in the West – with Mariah Carey defrosting on Nov. 1 and yuletide merchandise sold side-by-side with Halloween goods – Vietnam experiences New Year’s creep.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025

I linger long enough to hear my mother’s voice in my head: “Shut the door, Maya; you are defrosting everything.”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed