frost wedging

== English == === Noun === frost wedging (plural frost wedgings) A natural process when water seeps into rock cracks, freezes, expands, and forces the rock apart, gradually breaking it down through repeated freeze-thaw cycles. Hypernyms: mechanical erosion < frost weathering === Further reading === Sands, Danielle. "Frost Wedging Weathering | Definition, Process & Examples". Study.com.