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dethaw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-thaw
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To thaw; unthaw; unfreeze.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From de- + thaw, by confusion with defrost or perhaps with words with null de- like defraud, decomplex.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dethaws (present, singular) dethawing (participle, present) dethawed (participle, past) dethawed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

unthaw thaw

Synonyms

dissolve thaw unfreeze unthaw melt

Questions

What does dethaw mean?
To thaw; unthaw; unfreeze.
Where does dethaw come from?
From de- + thaw, by confusion with defrost or perhaps with words with null de- like defraud, decomplex.

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