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frost heaving

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
frost heav-ing
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An upwards swelling of soil during freezing conditions caused by an increasing presence of ice as it grows towards the surface, upwards from the depth in the soil where freezing temperatures have penetrated into the soil.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

frost heavings (plural)

Synonyms

frost heave

Questions

What does frost heaving mean?
An upwards swelling of soil during freezing conditions caused by an increasing presence of ice as it grows towards the surface, upwards from the depth in the soil where freezing temperatures have penetrated into the soil.

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