UNTHAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unthaw mean? 

• UNTHAW (verb)
  The verb UNTHAW has 1 sense:

1. become or cause to become soft or liquid

  Familiarity information: UNTHAW used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNTHAW (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become or cause to become soft or liquid

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dethaw; dissolve; melt; thaw; unfreeze; unthaw

Context example:

dethaw the meat

Hypernyms (to "unthaw" is one way to...):

flux; liquefy; liquify (become liquid or fluid when heated)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unthaw"):

deliquesce (melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air)

de-ice; defrost; deice (make or become free of frost or ice)

Sentence frames:

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