Main entry: thaw
Definition: a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile
Usage: the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs
Main entry: warming, thaw, thawing
Definition: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt
Usage: they welcomed the spring thaw
Main entry: thaw, thawing, melt, melting
Definition: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
Usage: the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster; the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours
Main entry: thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, dissolve, melt
Definition: become or cause to become soft or liquid
Usage: 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