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unthaw en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʌnˈθɔː/

Etymology

From un- (intensifier) + thaw.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To thaw out, to unfreeze; to become soft (of something which had been frozen).
   • The food is honest and hearty, perfect for unthawing frozen limbs […] 2009, Ann Mah, Kitchen Chinese: A Novel About Food, Family, and Finding Yourself:
   • The water steamed and bubbled around me. I felt a rush of gratitude for it, that it should well up out of the mountain, bathe my aching body, and unthaw my frozen limbs. 2006, Lian Hearn, Grass for his pillow: The way through the snow:

Forms

Relateds

dethaw · unthawing · unthawed