"frost line" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: frost lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} frost line (plural frost lines)
  1. The depth to which the water present in the soil is expected to freeze in winter. Synonyms: frost depth, freezing depth
    Sense id: en-frost_line-en-noun-ftQvGEVZ
  2. The depth to which the water present in the soil is actually frozen in a given place at a given point in time. Synonyms: frost front
    Sense id: en-frost_line-en-noun-m8gW62r7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 71 24
  3. (astrophysics) In a solar system, the distance from the protosun beyond which hydrogen-containing gas compounds freeze. Categories (topical): Astrophysics Synonyms: snow line, ice line, frostline Translations (astronomy: distance from the protosun): jääraja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-frost_line-en-noun-pfvdCwzU Topics: astrophysics Disambiguation of 'astronomy: distance from the protosun': 2 19 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (actual depth of soil freezing): routaraja (Finnish) Translations (expected depth of soil freezing): routaraja (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'actual depth of soil freezing': 38 41 20 Disambiguation of 'expected depth of soil freezing': 44 38 19

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