English Explanatory Dictionary

cryofracture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. fracture caused by the stresses of water freezing to become ice
verb
  1. To fracture by exposure to low temperature, especially to freezing

Word forms

cryofracture cryofractures cryofracturing cryofractured

Etymology

From cryo- + fracture.

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