When winter ends, I melt away ice and snow. Replace my first two letters with an 'L' and I become a legal rule; replace them with an 'R' and I mean uncooked. What word am I?
Thaw
The process described is a thaw, which warms winter frost and melts ice away. Exchanging the initial blend 'TH' for 'L' yields 'law', a legal requirement, while substituting 'R' gives 'raw', meaning uncooked food. Recognizing word families with matching rimes allows you to decode the clue.
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