thawing

Noun

• warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt
  • they welcomed the spring thaw
    

• the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
  • the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster
    
  • the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours
    

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• Synonyms: 
  thaw , warming , melt , melting