noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   To weather by repeated freezing and thawing

Etymology

From hydro- + fracture.

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