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Noun thawing has 2 senses

• thawing(n = noun.process) melt, melting, thaw - the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
is a kind of heating, warming, phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change
Derived form verb thaw₁

• thawing(n = noun.phenomenon) thaw, warming - warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw"
is a kind of atmospheric condition, conditions, weather, weather condition

THESAURUS

thawing

colliquation, colliquative, decoagulation, deliquescence, deliquium, dissolution, dissolutional, dissolutive, dissolving, fluidification, fluidization, fusibility, fusing, fusion, leaching, liquation, liquefaction, liquefactive, liquefying, liquescence, liquescency, lixiviation, melting, percolation, running, solubilization, solution, thaw, thermoplasticity, unclotting

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