- Newsday Crossword
- February 4 2024
- Defrost
Defrost
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Defrost' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Defrost crossword clue was last seen on February 4 2024 in the popular Newsday Crossword.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | MELT | Defrost | Newsday |
| 20% | THAW | Defrost as meat | New York Times |
| 20% | THAW | Defrost as frozen peas | Universal |
| 20% | THAWS | Defrosts | USA Today |
Definition
| • | See 2d Milt. |
| • | To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow. |
| • | Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken. |
| • | To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures. |
| • | To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth. |
| • | Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear. |
| • | To lose distinct form or outline; to blend. |
| • | To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- Universal: Mar 20, 2024
- Newsday: Feb 4, 2024
- Universal: Nov 14, 2023
- Universal: Sep 8, 2023
- USA Today: Aug 26, 2023
- USA Today: Jun 13, 2023
- Universal: May 5, 2023
- USA Today: Jan 19, 2023
- LA Times: Jan 12, 2023
- Universal: Nov 11, 2022
- Universal: Sep 9, 2022
- Universal: Jul 20, 2022
- USA Today: Mar 8, 2022
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