Dethaw
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To thaw; unthaw; unfreeze. nonstandard
""That's like your saying dethawed when you mean defrosted." He made only the slightest little grunt."
- 2 become or cause to become soft or liquid wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples""That's like your saying dethawed when you mean defrosted." He made only the slightest little grunt."
Etymology
From de- + thaw, by confusion with defrost or perhaps with words with null de- like defraud, decomplex.