cryofracture

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noun

fracture caused by the stresses of water freezing to become ice

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Meanings

nouncryofracture (countable and uncountable, plural cryofractures)

plural cryofractures

  1. countableuncountablefracture caused by the stresses of water freezing to become ice
verbcryofracture (third-person singular simple present cryofractures, present participle cryofracturing, simple past and past participle cryofractured)

present singular third person cryofractures · participle present cryofracturing · participle past cryofractured · past cryofractured

  1. To fracture by exposure to low temperature, especially to freezing

Origin

From cryo- + fracture.

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APA

cryofracture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryofracture

MLA

“cryofracture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryofracture. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryofracture,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryofracture.

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