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frost
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frost heave
frost heave (plural frost heaves) or frost heav·ing


noun 
Definition:
 
cracking by freezing: the cracking of the surface of a road or piece of ground by the freezing and upward expansion of subsurface water, or a damaged surface resulting from this
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