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cryofracture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cry-ofrac-ture
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

fracture caused by the stresses of water freezing to become ice

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To fracture by exposure to low temperature, especially to freezing

Etymology

From cryo- + fracture.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

cryofractures (plural) cryofractures (present, singular) cryofracturing (participle, present) cryofractured (participle, past) cryofractured (past)

Questions

What does cryofracture mean?
fracture caused by the stresses of water freezing to become ice
Where does cryofracture come from?
From cryo- + fracture.

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