In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNTHAW
dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
unthaw (third-person singular simple present unthaws, present participle unthawing, simple past and past participle unthawed)
(ambitransitive) To thaw out, to unfreeze; to become soft (of something which had been frozen).
Source: Wiktionary
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