- thaw, melt, thawing, melting - the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
--1 is a kind of heating, warming; phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change
Derived form: verb thaw1 - thaw, thawing, warming - warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw"
--2 is a kind of weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition
Derived form: verb thaw1 - thaw - a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile; "the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs"
--3 is a kind of relaxation, loosening, slackening
- dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt - become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
--1 is one way to liquefy, flux, liquify
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun thaw2, noun thaw1, noun thawing1
The chefs thaw the vegetables