English Explanatory Dictionary

needle ice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Needle-shaped columns of ice formed from groundwater by capillary action when the soil's surface temperature is above freezing and the air's surface temperature is below freezing.

Word forms

needle ice
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