FROST HEAVE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soil

Synonyms:

frost heave; frost heaving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("frost heave" is a kind of...):

geological phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)

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