Dethaw (Verb)
Meaning
Become or cause to become soft or liquid; "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".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The butcher will dethaw the steak for you to use tonight's grilling.
- Dethaw the frozen vegetables before you add them to the soup.
- Leave the frozen chicken in the fridge to dethaw overnight.
- The chef instructed the staff to dethaw the stock of frozen prawns.
- The turkey can be safely dethawed by leaving it in cold water for several hours.