Thawing

What it means

1. (verb) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen “the ice thaws”
2. (verb) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally. “It's beginning to thaw.”
3. (verb) To grow gentle or genial. “Her anger has thawed.”
4. (verb) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
5. (noun) The process by which something thaws.

Letter analysis

• Thawing contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
• It uses 7 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 14.

Sub-words

• hating
• hawing
• awing
• giant
• night
• thing
• twain
• twang
• wight
• anti
• gain
• gait
• gnat
• gnaw
• hang
• hing
• hint
• nigh
• tang
• than
• thaw
• thin
• ting
• twig
• twin
• wait
• want
• what
• whit
• wing
• with
• ani
• ant
• gin
• hag
• hat
• haw
• hgt
• hit
• int
• nag
• nit
• nth
• tag
• tan
• tin
• wag
• wan
• wig
• win
• wit

Related words

Other 7-letter words

• abalone
• abandon
• abashed
• abashes
• abasing
• abating
• abbrevs
• abdomen
• abducts
• abetted
• abetter
• abettor
• abiding
• ability
• abjured
• abjures
• abolish
• aborted

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Words starting with THA

• thalami
• thalamus
• thallium
• than
• thank
• thanked
• thankful
• thankfully
• thankfulness
• thanking
• thankless
• thanklessly
• thanks
• thanksgiving
• thanksgivings
• that
• thatch
• thatched

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Words ending with ING

• abandoning
• abashing
• abasing
• abating
• abbreviating
• abdicating
• abducting
• abetting
• abhorring
• abiding
• abjuring
• abnegating
• abolishing
• abominating
• aborting
• abounding
• abrading
• abridging

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