thawing

1. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid (synset 113587738)
   "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
   is a type of:

   • heating, warming - the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
   • phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change - a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
   same as: melt, melting, thaw
2. Warm weather following a freeze;
   Snow and ice melt (synset 111502540)
   "they welcomed the spring thaw"
   is a type of: atmospheric condition, conditions, weather, weather condition - the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
   same as: thaw, warming

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