noun
- the process of ice or snow melting due to warmer temperatures
verb
- present participle of thaw; melting from a frozen state due to warming
Examples
- The snow is thawing rapidly in the spring sunshine.
- She’s thawing the frozen chicken for dinner tonight.
- The thawing of the lake ice signals winter’s end.
- After thawing overnight, the pipes began working again.
- The early thawing this year surprised many farmers.
- We noticed the ground thawing after several warm days.