defrost
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Staff at Network Rail will also be equipped with specialist kits to defrost frozen points and signals to keep the railway running safely.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024
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
Once the patient is ready to have a baby, doctors will defrost the eggs, fertilize them, and put the embryos back into the person’s uterus.
From Slate • May 7, 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
Vocabulary lists containing defrost
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: de-
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