thaw
verb (used without object)
to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.
thawer
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a word derived from
thaw.
Example Sentences
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Beside the mine entrance stood a steam thawer, a coal-heated boiler such as is used for driving a sawmill or grist-mill engine.
From Panther Eye by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
