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unfrozen

unfrozen

4 1.5
Still liquid and not hard like ice
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈfroʊzən/
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  • Electric signals are sent down a cable and through a set of rods—each spaced 2 inches apart—and the speed of the returning echo tells the amount of unfrozen water present on an hourly basis.
  • unfrozen water

We got along once, without eyes, without wings, under eaves, on the unfrozen ground.

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Examples

  • Such contaminants are pushed out into unfrozen water as ice crystallizes.

    Academic text (1994)
  • In the summer, the river flows freely with clear, unfrozen water.

  • We have the unfrozen kind on sale.

  • The Arctic is now unfrozen in both nature and law.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Near the edge, some black unfrozen pockets showed through.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • We can test our tools here, figure out if they work, and then take them to places where there's rapid change going on and figure out how much unfrozen water we're seeing.

  • Over 90% of the nonglaciated surface area of Taylor Valley consists of soil and rock, so that much of the seasonally active (unfrozen) reservoir of organic carbon appears to reside in soils (Virginia and Wall 1999).

    Academic text (1999)
  • He offered to give them their money back, but together they traveled to the end of the earth, to an unfrozen bay, where the ancient tuxedoed birds twirled stunted wings and poked their heads out of burrowed nests.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The scientist carefully examined the unfrozen sample to ensure its quality.

  • During the warm months, we often fill our birdbath with fresh, unfrozen water.

Synonyms

thawed
vsunfrozen
1.0

No longer frozen because it has warmed up

is the general state of being liquid rather than solid
uncongealed
vsunfrozen
8.2

Still liquid and not solid

is fully liquid rather than partly thickened or semi-solid

Antonyms

1 1.0

Covered with ice because of very cold weather

How Frozen

frozen
1 1.0
solid
325 1.0
slushy
  • UK
4 2.0
unfrozen
4 1.5
melted
1.0

Surface Forms

unfrozen positive

Morphology

unfrozen = frozen (transparent) = un + frozen

Standard negation by the productive prefix 'un-' applied to the adjective 'frozen', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word unfrozen breaks into un- meaning 'not' and frozen, from freeze meaning 'to turn into ice'. So unfrozen means 'not frozen', for example something that has melted and is now liquid.