Meaning & use
unthaw
(Informal, nonstandard) To thaw; to cause something frozen to become soft or liquid again.
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She left the chicken on the counter to unthaw before starting dinner.
The pipes finally began to unthaw once the temperature rose above freezing.
A note on using this word
Many careful writers avoid unthaw because the prefix un- logically suggests the opposite of thaw; thaw or defrost alone is usually preferred.
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