verb
dethaw
Dethaw (verb) means to make something that is frozen warm again so that it melts or softens.
verb
1
To make something that is frozen warm again so that it melts or softens.
""That's like your saying dethawed when you mean defrosted." He made only the slightest little grunt."
— Jane Vandenburgh, Physics of Sunset (2001)
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Etymology
From de- + thaw, by confusion with defrost or perhaps with words with null de- like defraud, decomplex.
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What is the meaning of dethaw?
"dethaw" (verb) means to make something that is frozen warm again so that it melts or softens.
What is another word for dethaw?
Other words for "dethaw" include melt, thaw, unthaw, unfreeze, dissolve.
