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A hotel in marble will not remain too cold (4)

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I believe the answer is:

thaw

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'not remain too cold' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'a hotel in marble' is the wordplay.
'a hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'marble' becomes 'taw' (taw is a kind of marble).
'h' going into 'taw' is 'THAW'.

'will' is the link.

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(Other definitions for thaw that I've seen before include "Become more friendly" , "Become friendlier; melt" , "(Of ice/snow) melt" , "when the temperature rises?" , "Unfreeze, defrost" .)

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