English Explanatory Dictionary

frost wedging

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A natural process when water seeps into rock cracks, freezes, expands, and forces the rock apart, gradually breaking it down through repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Word forms

frost wedging frost wedgings
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