unfrozen
- adjective
- /ʌnˈfroʊzən/
- 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.
- We got along once, without eyes, without wings, under eaves, on the unfrozen ground.
- OK, I guess I it's probably a bad idea to like resubmit it with your credit unfrozen.
- You know, his nickname was unfrozen caveman because he just, he just, you know, looked like a big caveman.
Examples
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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.
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We have the unfrozen kind on sale.
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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.
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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.
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During the warm months, we often fill our birdbath with fresh, unfrozen water.
Synonyms
No longer frozen because it has warmed up
Still liquid and not solid
Antonyms
How Frozen
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.