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
And that is no worse for the wear for having not been thawed and not been squeezed.
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Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 May 2025
There is no guarantee that my paltry egg collection would even thaw, form an embryo, implant, or result in a baby.
—Amanda Sloat, Time, 14 May 2025
The 2018 deal was aimed at uniting the flock, regularizing the status of seven bishops who weren’t recognized by Rome and thawing decades of estrangement between China and the Vatican.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
But with Putin’s announcement, weeks of what appeared to be Trump’s thawing relations with Zelensky and impatience with Moscow are once again in question.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 12 May 2025
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Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 May 2025
There is no guarantee that my paltry egg collection would even thaw, form an embryo, implant, or result in a baby.
—Amanda Sloat, Time, 14 May 2025
The 2018 deal was aimed at uniting the flock, regularizing the status of seven bishops who weren’t recognized by Rome and thawing decades of estrangement between China and the Vatican.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
But with Putin’s announcement, weeks of what appeared to be Trump’s thawing relations with Zelensky and impatience with Moscow are once again in question.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thaw
melt
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As well as melting ice, there’s another hazard destabilizing mountains: rain.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Meanwhile, melting ice—caused by climate change—has exposed previously inaccessible natural resources and opened new shipping routes in the Arctic, intensifying competition among Washington, Moscow, Beijing, and other powers for control of the strategic region.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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“Thaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thaw. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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