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hydrofracture

hydrofracture noun: rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.

Noun

hydrofracture (countable and uncountable, plural hydrofractures)

  1. Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water

Verb

hydrofracture (third-person singular simple present hydrofractures, present participle hydrofracturing, simple past and past participle hydrofractured)

  1. To weather by repeated freezing and thawing

Forms of hydrofracture

Noun
pluralhydrofractures
Verb
third-person singular presenthydrofractures
present participlehydrofracturing
past participlehydrofractured
pasthydrofractured

Origin of hydrofracture

From hydro- + fracture.

Questions about hydrofracture

What does hydrofracture mean?
Hydrofracture means rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
What part of speech is hydrofracture?
Hydrofracture can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of hydrofracture?
The plural of hydrofracture is hydrofractures.

Words near hydrofracture in the dictionary

  1. hydrofrack
  2. hydrofracked
  3. hydrofracking
  4. hydrofracks
  5. hydrofracs
  6. hydrofracture
  7. hydrofractured
  8. hydrofractures
  9. hydrofracturing
  10. hydrofuge
  11. hydrofurfural

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