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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 soilplay

  Familiarity information: FROST HEAVING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FROST HEAVING (noun)


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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