Dethaw vs Thaw - What's the difference?
dethaw | thaw |
(nonstandard) To thaw; to unfreeze.
* 2001 , Jane Vandenburgh, Physics of Sunset , page 27:
To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; — said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws. Specifically by gradual warming
To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
(figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.
To cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve. Specifically by gradual warming.
The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed. —.
As verbs the difference between dethaw and thaw
is that dethaw is to thaw; to unfreeze while thaw is to melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; — said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws. Specifically by gradual warming.As a noun thaw is
the melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost.dethaw
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Verb
(en verb)- "That's like your saying dethawed when you mean defrosted."
- He made only the slightest little grunt.