0 to (cause to) become free of ice, or to (cause to) become no longer frozen: --
1 to become or cause something to become free of ice or no longer frozen: --
Some of the charities did not have refrigeration facilities, so that once the food was defrosted it was unuseable if the charities did not pick it up.
I wonder, too, how many housewives and cooks check the defrosting instructions and make sure that they cook the food in the right way.
We also have the situation where pigmeat and poultry meat has been frozen, then defrosted, labelled and sold as fresh.
This method takes account of the difference between wholesale and retail prices and allows for losses due to cutting, defrosting, and so on.
The likely cause was cross-contamination from chicken which was defrosted in metal trays normally used for salads.
It was so cold that parts of my anatomy—certain extremities—have still not defrosted, at least according to my wife.
Case and control households with a child under 5 years were more likely to defrost foods in the refrigerator and less likely to keep eggs for more than 1 week.
Retinae were isolated from freshly defrosted eyes.
