to thaw
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1.1
- verb
- /θɔ/
:
descongelar
- She placed the soup on the counter to thaw before heating it on the stove.
- begins to thaw
- thaw at room temperature
- freezes and thaws
And if it freezes and thaws, is it still stable formula wise?
- And if it freezes and thaws, is it still stable formula wise?
- We're going to be harvesting these come next late February, early March when weather gets back above freezing and all the snow and everything thaws.
- They're going to maybe even die until that soil thaws out.
- And so things freeze, thaw the top peels, peels off, and it's just hard on asphalt.
- You get you know, you it's too late to thaw out something.
Examples
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The valve was then closed, and the pipe was left to thaw overnight.
Academic text (2011) -
To prepare dinner, I need to thaw the chicken in the refrigerator overnight.
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You are just the person we need to thaw the ice.
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Put your pastries off to the side to thaw while you do the other things.
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It took two days to thaw her out.
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Those peas are thawed.
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When I landed, the air smelled of thawed earth and sweet plum blossoms.
Fiction book (1993) -
In Vermont, early spring is known as mud season because thawing dirt roads turn muddy and rutty.
Academic text (1998) -
If you leave the frozen vegetables out for a few hours, they will thaw completely.
Synonyms
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1.0
To change a solid into a liquid by heating it
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1.7
Make ice melt or remove ice from something
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2.3
To become not frozen by getting warm
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3.5
Make something that is frozen become soft or liquid
To make something frozen become soft or liquid by warming
To make something frozen melt by warming it
Make a solid melt so it can flow
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- UK
A coating of ice from freezing rain that makes roads and trees shiny and dangerous
How Melted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thaw comes from an old English word thawian meaning 'melt'. To thaw is to become soft or liquid after being frozen, or to make something do that.