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FROST HEAVING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does frost heaving mean?
• FROST HEAVING (noun)
The noun FROST HEAVING has 1 sense:
1. upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soil
Familiarity information: FROST HEAVING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
frost heave; frost heaving
Hypernyms ("frost heaving" is a kind of...):
geological phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)
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