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  • verb nonstandard To thaw; to unfreeze.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb become or cause to become soft or liquid

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Examples

  • I would dethaw whatever I had frozen in the cube trays and add a bit of jar food (organic) to it and blend it again.

    Your turn! kittenpie 2009

  • I admit, that spinach/mushroom scrambled egg thing sounds delicious, but again - I either have to dethaw frozen spinach or risk mushrooms going bad.

    Nutrition Facts JLK 2009

  • They've got to get back to how do we dethaw this credit market, how do we get the banks to start loaning again.

    CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2009 2009

  • That is the most important thing right now is to dethaw these credit markets.

    CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2009 2009

  • If they dethaw in an uncontrolled manner, they could send a flood of natural gas to the top of the ocean surface and potentially ignite.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • And thats when my refrigerator decided to dethaw!!!!

    unknown title 2009

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