Traditional melting in spring (4)

I believe the answer is:

thaw

(Other definitions for thaw that I've seen before include "following 28 [SILVER]" , "detente" , "De-ice" , "(Of snow) start to melt" , "(Of ice/snow) melt" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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