Unthawed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unthawed is an adjective meaning Which has not been thawed: still frozen.
Meaning
Which has not been thawed: still frozen.
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of unthaw
Example Sentences
The sun burns your face as you smoke the after-breakfast pipe, but it leaves the snow unthawed.
At last a day came when the chill went from the air. The day started much as any other since we had left Crete. I sat in the wheelhouse with stiff, unthawed limbs, my eyes feeling pinched and my throat tight from smoking too much.
Meat may also be thawed in cold water or in a microwave. Meat may be cooked whether or not it has thawed. However, unthawed meat requires more time to cook than does meat that has thawed, and partially frozen meat is apt to cook unevenly.
For a time we struggled on, most intent upon evading the morasses; and staring at every patch of unthawed ice as on a treasure trove, until we reached a rocky knoll, on which we turned and looked downwards, from the bleak uninteresting moor to the dingy, featureless shores.
Synonyms for unthawed
Depending on context, synonyms include frozen.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include frozen, thaw, unfreeze, melt, thawless, uncongealed.
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