thaws
Meaning of thaws
verb, 3rd person present
- (of ice, snow, or another frozen substance, such as food) become liquid or soft as a result of warming up.
the river thawed and barges of food began to reach the capital
- a period of warmer weather that thaws ice and snow.
the thaw came yesterday afternoon
Old English thawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch dooien . The noun (first recorded in Middle English) developed its figurative use in the mid 19th century.
Information about thaws
- The singular form of thaws is: thaw.
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Hyphenation of thaws
thaws
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- thaws is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
thaws synonyms
Meaning free (the interior of a refrigerator or freezer) of accumulated ice, usually by turning it off for a period:
thaws antonyms
Meaning (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold:
Anagrams of thaws
Words that rhyme with thaws
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