defroster

[dih-fraw-ster, -fros-ter]

de·frost·er

[dih-fraw-ster, -fros-ter]
noun
1.
a person or thing that defrosts.
2.
Also called defogger; especially British, demister. a device for melting frost, ice, or condensation on a windshield or other window of an automobile, airplane, etc., by warming the window.

Origin:
1925–30; defrost + -er1
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Defroster is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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defroster (diːˈfrɒstə)
 
n
a device by which the de-icing process of a refrigerator is accelerated, usually by circulating the refrigerant without the expansion process

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