cryofracture

English edit

Etymology edit

Noun edit

cryofracture (countable and uncountable, plural cryofractures)

fracture caused by the stresses of water freezing to become ice

Verb edit

cryofracture (third-person singular simple present cryofractures, present participle cryofracturing, simple past and past participle cryofractured)

To fracture by exposure to low temperature, especially to freezing