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)
- (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.