thaw
/θɔ/ n [C usually sing]Definition
› a period of warmer weather when snow and ice begin to melt: With the spring thaw, the rivers and lakes swelled. › A thaw is also a change to a friendlier attitude esp. between people or countries that were enemies: It was hoped that the agreement to exchange athletes would lead to a thaw in relations between the two countries.
(Definition of thaw n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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