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
Frozen samosas were improperly thawing on the prep table at room temperature.
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Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Relations between the two countries have been thawing since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in September sharing a vision of being partners not rivals.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
The permafrost that underlies the island is rapidly thawing and destabilizing infrastructure, including the critical radar installation and runway at Thule, renamed Pituffik Space Base in 2022.
—Paul Bierman, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
Room temperature thawing beckons bacteria.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
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Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Relations between the two countries have been thawing since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in September sharing a vision of being partners not rivals.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
The permafrost that underlies the island is rapidly thawing and destabilizing infrastructure, including the critical radar installation and runway at Thule, renamed Pituffik Space Base in 2022.
—Paul Bierman, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
Room temperature thawing beckons bacteria.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
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melt
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With temperatures climbing above freezing and sunny skies melting half the structure, they were forced to start over entirely.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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But the physical location of the island on the map — and the sea ice melting around its borders — is also of vital importance.—
Tucker Reals,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Thaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thaw. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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