dethaw

English

Etymology

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

Verb

dethaw (third-person singular simple present dethaws, present participle dethawing, simple past and past participle dethawed)

  1. (nonstandard) To thaw; unthaw; unfreeze.
    • 2001, Jane Vandenburgh, Physics of Sunset, page 27:
      "That's like your saying dethawed when you mean defrosted."
      He made only the slightest little grunt.

Usage notes

This term is nonstandard; the usual term is thaw.

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