nnoun.processthe process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquidSynset:melt melting thaw
Examples:- the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster
- the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours
Derivationally Related Form:meltthaw
Hypernyms:heating warming phase change phase transition physical change state change
Inherited Hypernyms:thawheatingtemperature changenatural processprocessphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:thawphase changenatural processprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.phenomenonwarm weather following a freeze; snow and ice meltSynset:thaw warming
Examples:- they welcomed the spring thaw
Derivationally Related Form:thaw
Hypernyms:atmospheric condition conditions weather weather condition
Inherited Hypernyms:thawweatheratmospheric phenomenonphysical phenomenonnatural phenomenonphenomenonprocessphysical entityentity
vverb.changebecome or cause to become soft or liquidSynset:dethaw dissolve melt thaw unfreeze unthaw
Examples:- The sun melted the ice
- the ice thawed
- the ice cream melted
- The heat melted the wax
- The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase
- dethaw the meat
Derivationally Related Form:thawmeltermeltmeltingthawingmeltable
Hypernyms:flux liquefy liquify
Inherited Hypernyms:dissolveliquefychange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:de-icedefrostdeicedeliquesce
Full Troponyms:defrostdeliquesce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something | The chefs --- the vegetables (apply to: unfreeze, thaw)