thawing

English Thesaurus

1. warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	atmospheric condition, conditions, weather, weather condition,
definition	:	the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation (noun.phenomenon)

2. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid (noun.process)

hypernym	:	heating, warming,
definition	:	the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature (noun.process)

hypernym	:	phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change,
definition	:	a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition (noun.process)

3. warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw,
definition	:	become or cause to become soft or liquid (verb.change)

4. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid (noun.process)

derivation	:	melt, melt down, run,
definition	:	reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating (verb.change)

5. warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw,
definition	:	become or cause to become soft or liquid (verb.change)

6. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid (noun.process)

derivation	:	melt, melt down, run,
definition	:	reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating (verb.change)