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unthaw

  • /ʌnˈθɔː/

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From un- (intensifier) + thaw.

verb unthaws · unthawing · unthawed

  1. ambitransitive, proscribed To thaw out, to unfreeze; to become soft (of something which had been frozen). The water steamed and bubbled around me. I felt a rush of gratitude for it, that it should well up out of the mountain, bathe my aching body, and unthaw my frozen limbs.

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@misc{unthaw_2026,
  title = {unthaw},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unthaw},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}