Defrost the meat before cooking it.
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Defrost
//diːˈfɹɒst//
Synonyms for "defrost" (14 found)
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Translations
57 translations across 21 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- dej verb (to remove frost from)
- shkri verb (to remove frost from)
Catalan
4 entries- descongelar verb (to remove frost from)
- descongelar verb (to thaw)
- desgelar verb (to thaw)
- desglaçar verb (to thaw)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 解凍 /解冻 verb (to remove frost from)
- 除霜 verb (to remove frost from)
Czech
2 entries- odmrazit verb (to remove frost from)
- rozmrazit verb (to thaw)
Danish
1 entries- afrime verb (to remove frost from)
Finnish
4 entries- palautua verb (to recover from something tiresome)
- poistaa huurre verb (to remove frost from)
- poistaa jää verb (to remove frost from)
- sulattaa verb (to remove frost from)
French
4 entries- décongeler verb (to remove frost from)
- décongeler verb (to thaw)
- dégivrer verb (to remove frost from)
- déglacer verb (to remove frost from)
German
2 entries- auftauen verb (to thaw)
- entfrosten verb (to remove frost from)
Hungarian
4 entries- felenged verb (to thaw)
- felenged verb (to recover from something tiresome)
- felolvad verb (to thaw)
- felolvaszt verb (to remove frost from)
Ingrian
1 entries- sulattaa verb (to thaw)
Italian
1 entries- scongelare verb (to thaw)
Japanese
1 entries- 解凍する verb (to remove frost from)
Malay
1 entries- nyahfros verb (to remove frost from)
Māori
1 entries- whakarewa verb (to thaw)
Polish
4 entries- odmrażać verb (to thaw)
- odmrozić verb (to remove frost from)
- odmrozić verb (to thaw)
- odmrozić verb (to thaw)
Portuguese
2 entries- degelar verb (to thaw)
- descongelar verb (to remove frost from)
Romanian
1 entries- dezgheța verb (to thaw)
Russian
4 entries- размора́живать verb (to remove frost from)
- размора́живать verb (to thaw)
- разморо́зить verb (to remove frost from)
- разморо́зить verb (to thaw)
Spanish
4 entries- descongelar verb (to remove frost from)
- descongelar verb (to thaw)
- deshelar verb (to remove frost from)
- recuperarse verb (to recover from something tiresome)
Swedish
2 entries- avfrosta verb (to remove frost from)
- tina verb (to thaw)
Ukrainian
2 entries- розморо́жувати verb (to thaw)
- розморо́зити verb (to thaw)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Please defrost those chicken breasts.
Source: tatoeba (6616404)
You'll need to pee on the lock to defrost it.
Source: tatoeba (6672701)
We need to defrost our refrigerator.
Source: tatoeba (8375128)
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