Arctic Engineering Considerations

1 words in this vocabulary list

noun a condition in which something is frozen or stuck together by ice

verb to freeze or become stuck together by ice

  • Adfreeze is a term used in geotechnical engineering to describe the freezing of soil around a structure.
  • I had never heard of adfreeze until I started studying civil engineering.
  • I'm so over this adfreeze weather, I need some sunshine!
  • The tension in the room was like an adfreeze, nobody wanted to make a move.