The thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used without object) : Sit by the fire and thaw out. ,It will probably thaw today. ,He thawed at their kindness. ,International relations thawed. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : I took the steaks out of the freezer and thawed them. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : We had a two-week thaw in January. ,The Anchorage thaw came on May 18th. From Dictionary.com.
Like I said - Glaciers thawing is just one of many ways to tell the earth is warming. From Wordnik.com. [Duck, It's Hillary!] Reference
The rate at which they are thawing is much much faster than at any given period in time sinc ethe ice age. From Wordnik.com. [Duck, It's Hillary!] Reference
Hulk fights with iron man, leading inadvertently to the discovery of Cap and his subsequent thawing from the Cap America movie .. (. From Wordnik.com. [Comic Fanboy Dreams - Captain America and The Avengers! « FirstShowing.net] Reference
I thought the "thawing" cliche referred to W-Martin. 10-15 years, I don't know about that. From Wordnik.com. [relations] Reference
Olympics organizers hoped that the 2008 Games would lead to the same kind of thawing in China. From Wordnik.com. [No Comparison] Reference
The messages give advice such as thawing reminders and temperature guidelines. From Wordnik.com. [MarketingVOX - The Voice of Online Marketing] Reference
I’ve honestly never tried it, so well has she frightened me off from the notion of thawing and refreezing. From Wordnik.com. [Where’s the beef? « knitnut.net] Reference
Oddly enough, the "thawing" of their scorched bodies beneath the tarpaulin brought a certain degree of relief. From Wordnik.com. [The Wings of the Morning] Reference
Mr Medvedev apparently shares the UK Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson's conviction that they are now "thawing". From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Planning gives you time to do the things you need, such as thawing frozen meat slowly in the fridge until it's completely defrosted. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
Follow the USDA's instructions for proper thawing. From Wordnik.com. [Tip of the Day: Time- and money-saving steps for a better Thanksgiving] Reference
Talbot noticed these signs of thawing with delight. From Wordnik.com. [Life in a Tank] Reference
Storing and thawing the birdPlace a fresh turkey in a pan. From Wordnik.com. [Tip of the Day: Time- and money-saving steps for a better Thanksgiving] Reference
Ye are welcome to my heart -- thawing, thawing, like the snow. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Won't that prevent thawing and hold the tree for a week or two?. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
When I finally reached home, they had an awful time thawing me out. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
"Aunt" Alice; will watch with interest the thawing and rejuvenation of. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
November, then covered with leaves enough to prevent freezing and thawing. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
Frozen animals keep perfectly in that state but spoil quickly after thawing. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
The climate of Kentucky is variable, freezing nights and thawing in the day. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
I'd step onto a milk crate in front of a huge bin full of thawing pork loins. From Wordnik.com. [Kathy Kelly: Banning Slaughter] Reference
Snow, alternately thawing and freezing, must, like water, find its level at last. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
Its 1. 2-cu – ft. capacity make it ideal for thawing a medium-sized holiday bird. From Wordnik.com. [Best home appliances for the holidays] Reference
The pain in his side is dull and penetrating, leaving a debilitated thawing middle. From Wordnik.com. [minimal one] Reference
I was thawing in the MSNBC trailer when the mayor of Philadelphia arrived for a cable hit. From Wordnik.com. [On a Downtown Train] Reference
It was midwinter and during the siege we had rain and snow, thawing and freezing alternately. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Could they produce a similar thawing in one of Europe's historically frostiest relationships?. From Wordnik.com. [EUROPE'S ODDEST COUPLE] Reference
The event spurred talk of a thawing of one of thelast fronts in an all-but-forgotten cold war. From Wordnik.com. [The Beard And The Body] Reference
"You won't have much trouble getting my meals," he assured her, his cold dignity thawing rapidly. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
After months of rising tensions on the Korean peninsula, there is another small sign of a thawing. From Wordnik.com. [S. Korea Considering Pyongyang's Proposal on Renewing Separated Family Visits] Reference
Even the most militarized border in the world, between North and South Korea, is thawing a little. From Wordnik.com. [A New Asia Finds Itself] Reference
On the surface, it looked like a thawing in what recently were tense relations between Iraq and Syria. From Wordnik.com. [Support For Iraq's Maliki Puts U.S., Iran In Same Camp] Reference
This covering does not protect the bulbs from freezing, but prevents too rapid thawing out in the spring. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
The next day's conference between the two was strictly professional, nor was there much thawing till the third day after. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
We often observe in Winter, that a thin covering of ice or snow disappears from our roads, although there has been no thawing weather. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
It is very fortunate for us, that our Spring showers are not of ether; for then, instead of thawing, our land would freeze the harder!. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
For thirteen days they proceeded in the direction of land, dragging and pushing their burdens over the ridges of ice with thawing snow. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.