Dethaw vs. Thawing

Dethawverb

(nonstandard) To thaw; unthaw; unfreeze.

Thawingnoun

The process by which something thaws.

Dethawverb

become or cause to become soft or liquid;

‘The sun melted the ice’; ‘the ice thawed’; ‘the ice cream melted’; ‘The heat melted the wax’; ‘The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase’; ‘dethaw the meat’;

Thawingnoun

the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid;

‘the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster’; ‘the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours’;

Thawingnoun

warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt;

‘they welcomed the spring thaw’;