frost heave

frost heave

noun

Definition of FROST HEAVE

: an upthrust of ground or pavement caused by freezing of moist soil —called also frost heaving

First Known Use of FROST HEAVE

1941

Rhymes with FROST HEAVE

Abib, achieve, aggrieve, believe, bereave, cap sleeve, conceive, deceive, French leave, Hoccleve, inweave, khedive, motive, naive, perceive, pet peeve, plain weave, qui vive, receive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, shirtsleeve, shore leave, sick leave, unreeve, unweave, upheave