Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydrofracture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-drofrac-ture
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To weather by repeated freezing and thawing

Etymology

From hydro- + fracture.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hydro

Usage

Inflected Forms

hydrofractures (plural) hydrofractures (present, singular) hydrofracturing (participle, present) hydrofractured (participle, past) hydrofractured (past)

Questions

What does hydrofracture mean?: Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water
Where does hydrofracture come from?: From hydro- + fracture.

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