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thaw

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The meaning (definition) of the word thaw

to slowly melt and turn from frozen back to liquid.

The word thaw used in a sentence

The ice cream will thaw and become soft if you leave it out.

Words that mean the same as thaw (synonyms)

melt

Words that mean the opposite of thaw (antonyms)

freeze

How the word thaw is said around the world

Frenchdégel (dayzhel)
Spanishdeshielo (daysyayloh)
Mandarin解冻 (jiě dòng)
Hindiपिघलना (piguhlnah)
Arabicذوبان (thowahbahn)
Russianоттепель (ottepel')
Portuguese (EU)descongelamento (dishkoongzhayluhmayngtuu)
Portuguese (BR)descongelamento (dayskohngzhaylamayngtuu)
Japanese解凍する (kaitou suru)
Germanauftauen (owftowuhn)
Urduپگھلنا (pigahlnah)
Punjabiਪਿਘਲਾਉਣਾ (piguhlownah)
Korean해동 (haedong)
Hebrewלְהַפְשִׁיר (lhahfsheer)
Greekτήξη (texe)
Dutchdooi (dohy)
Tagaloglasawin (lahsoween)
Vietnamesetan băng (tahn bahng)
Turkishçözülme (cherzerlme)
Persianآب شدن یخ (ahb shohdahn yahkh)
Polishodwilż (awdveelsh)
Ukrainianвідлига (vidlyha)
Bengaliবরফ গলা (bawrawf gawlah)
Swedishtina (teenah)
Italianscongelare (skohnjaylahray)

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