Dethaw

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To thaw; unthaw; unfreeze. nonstandard

    ""That's like your saying dethawed when you mean defrosted." He made only the slightest little grunt."

  2. 2
    become or cause to become soft or liquid wordnet

Etymology

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

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