noun
1. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid (Freq. 1)
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the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster
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the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours
• Derivationally related forms: ↑melt (for: ↑melting), ↑thaw, ↑melt (for: ↑melt), ↑thaw (for: ↑thaw)
• Hypernyms: ↑heating, ↑warming, ↑phase change, ↑phase transition, ↑state change, ↑physical change
2. warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt
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they welcomed the spring thaw
• Hypernyms: ↑weather, ↑weather condition, ↑conditions, ↑atmospheric condition
Useful english dictionary. 2012.