thaw
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2.0
- noun
- /θɔ/
- UK
:
deshielo
- During the thaw, we watched the snow melt and the first flowers begin to bloom.
- spring thaw
- thaw cycle
That thing thaw thing is plural, and you know that because of the thaw.
- That thing thaw thing is plural, and you know that because of the thaw.
Examples
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The weather had changed to a thaw; there was a strong, damp wind.
Fiction book (1993) -
We'll find him after the first thaw.
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The thaw came late this year.
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Well, when a thaw sets in, anything can happen.
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The first thaw came in March, a week before I was due.
Fiction book (1994) -
After the thaw, the only solution was to dry or smoke it.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sarah could imagine him returning to the house, not saying another word until the spring thaw.
Fiction book (1999) -
The stillness of winter continued to the first thaw, like it always does.
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The spring thaw.
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In Maine, the spring thaw with its associated rains is likely to be the time when runoff volumes are worst.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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1.1
A process where a solid turns into a liquid because of heat
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1.0
The change from a solid to a liquid when heated
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2.9
Frozen things gradually become liquid or soft because they get warmer
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3.4
A time in spring when snow turns into water and makes rivers rise
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3.5
Ice changing into water in large areas like glaciers and sea ice
Antonyms
Compounds
- UK
A coating of ice from freezing rain that makes roads and trees shiny and dangerous
How Warm
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thaw comes from an old English word thawian meaning 'melt'. So a thaw is the period when snow and ice melt and the ground becomes wet again.