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frost heave

noun

, Geology.
  1. an uplift in soil caused by the freezing of internal moisture.

frost heave

noun

  1. the upthrust and cracking of a ground surface through the freezing and expansion of water underneath Also calledfrost heaving

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Origin of frost heave1

First recorded in 1945–50

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