Warms and melts
Unthaws means to thaw—to transition from frozen to unfrozen.
Though the prefix *un-* typically reverses a verb's meaning, unthaw has somehow come to mean the same as thaw rather than its opposite: Leave the meat out to unthaw.
The word is informal and often criticized as illogical, but it persists in casual speech.
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Warms and melts
Unthaws means to thaw—to transition from frozen to unfrozen.
Though the prefix *un-* typically reverses a verb's meaning, unthaw has somehow come to mean the same as thaw rather than its opposite: Leave the meat out to unthaw.
The word is informal and often criticized as illogical, but it persists in casual speech.
1. melting — defrosts, Removes accumulated ice; liquefies (Becomes a liquid); softens (Reduces intensity or hardness); deices (Removes frozen coating); unfreezes · warms · dissolves · runs · drips · trickles · oozes · seeps · flows · loosens
temperature state changeunthaws ≠ freezes Hardens from cold; solidifies · ices up · frosts · congeals · hardens
THERMAL STATE CHANGE (standard interpretation: re-freezes)unthaws ≠ thaws Melting or warming process; melts · defrosts · warms · liquefies · heats up
unthaw, unthawed, unthawing
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/unthaws