frost heaving

English

Noun

frost heaving (usually uncountable, plural frost heavings)

  1. An upwards swelling of soil during freezing conditions caused by an increasing presence of ice as it grows towards the surface, upwards from the depth in the soil where freezing temperatures have penetrated into the soil.

Translations
frost heave — see frost heave
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