as in to melt
to go from a solid to a liquid state
will have to let the apple juice concentrate thaw before you can mix it with water
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Recent Examples of thaw
Boxes of thawing meat, as well as onions and frozen meat deliveries, were on the floor around the facility.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
New Orleans metro needs another day to thaw out after a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm blanketed the area in 10 inches of snow.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
How To: This needs to be a bit premeditated, so the team advises letting the freezer thaw out before wiping it out well with hot water and bleach.
—Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025
More than 20 bags of frozen eel were found thawing on a counter.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
New Orleans metro needs another day to thaw out after a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm blanketed the area in 10 inches of snow.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
How To: This needs to be a bit premeditated, so the team advises letting the freezer thaw out before wiping it out well with hot water and bleach.
—Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025
More than 20 bags of frozen eel were found thawing on a counter.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Thaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thaw. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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