Usually means: Soil expansion due to freezing.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. frost heave: Merriam-Webster
  2. frost heave: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. frost heave: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. frost heave: Collins English Dictionary
  5. frost heave: Vocabulary.com
  6. frost heave: Wiktionary
  7. frost heave: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. frost heave: Dictionary.com
  9. Frost heave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. frost heave: Rhymezone
  11. frost heave: FreeDictionary.org
  12. frost heave: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. frost heave: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. frost heave: Encyclopedia

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. frost heave: Canadian Soil Information System
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (frost heave)

▸ noun:  A raising of the level of the ground due to the freezing of moist soil

Similar:
frost heaving, ground frost, frost line, superfrost, hoar frost, frostline, frostquake, frost burn, frost quake, lithalsa, more...

Opposite:
thaw settlement, frost boil, frost depression

Types:
frost jacking, frost action, frost heaving, cryoturbation, more...

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Similar:
frost heaving, ground frost, frost line, superfrost, hoar frost, frostline, frostquake, frost burn, frost quake, lithalsa, more...

Opposite:
thaw settlement, frost boil, frost depression

Types:
frost jacking, frost action, frost heaving, cryoturbation, more...



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