Usually means: Soil expansion due to freezing.
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  1. frost heaving: Merriam-Webster
  2. frost heaving: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. frost heaving: Collins English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (frost heaving)

noun:  An upwards swelling of soil during freezing conditions caused by an increasing presence of ice as it grows towards the surface, upwards from the depth in the soil where freezing temperatures have penetrated into the soil.

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