unthawed

unthawed adjective: which has not been thawed: still frozen. Also the simple past and past participle of unthaw.

Adjective

unthawed (comparative more unthawed, superlative most unthawed)

Which has not been thawed: still frozen.
- 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.1883, W. Anderson Smith, Benderloch: or, Notes from the West Highlands (17 February 1881), page 312
- The sun burns your face as you smoke the after-breakfast pipe, but it leaves the snow unthawed.1907, Clarence Rook, Switzerland: the country and its people, page 188

unthawed is also the simple past and past participle of unthaw.

However, unthawed meat requires more time to cook than does meat that has thawed, and partially frozen meat is apt to cook unevenly.2002, Wilbur F. Eastman, A Guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing & Smoking Meat, Fish & Game, page 51:
I sat in the wheelhouse with stiff, unthawed limbs, my eyes feeling pinched and my throat tight from smoking too much.2003, Leila Hadley, Give Me the World, page 326:

comparative	more unthawed
superlative	most unthawed

From un- + thawed.

From unthaw + -ed.

What does unthawed mean?: Unthawed means which has not been thawed: still frozen.
How do you use unthawed in a sentence?: However, unthawed meat requires more time to cook than does meat that has thawed, and partially frozen meat is apt to cook unevenly.
What part of speech is unthawed?: Unthawed is an adjective.

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