"frost wedging" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: frost wedgings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} frost wedging (plural frost wedgings)
  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. Hypernyms: mechanical erosion, frost weathering
    Sense id: en-frost_wedging-en-noun-iBQ7Svl1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Geology
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