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The correct spelling is thaw.
How to pronounce thaw
/θɔː/
nounIPA: /θɔː/
Say it like: Tha-w
The correct spelling is thaw. The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost For example: "the ice thaws"
Usage Examples
“the ice thaws”
“It's beginning to thaw.”
“Her anger has thawed.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
- 2.A warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen
verb
- 1.To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
- 2.To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
- 3.To grow gentle or genial.
- 4.To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
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