adfreezing

noun

ad·​freez·​ing ad-ˈfrē-ziŋ 

: the process by which two objects adhere to each other via ice

It is true, however, in dealing with piles that the thicker the active layer, the greater the surface area of the pile in the seasonally frozen ground. The greater the surface area, the greater the total adfreezing strength.

—Roger B. Colton, Geology of the Otter Creek Quadrangle, Montana, 1962

adfreeze

ad-ˈfrēz 

intransitive verb

adfroze ad-ˈfrōz  ; adfrozen ad-ˈfrō-zᵊn  ; adfreezing; adfreezes

Augering is also difficult in partially frozen soils, since ice tends to build up on the cutting shoe of the auger, and cuttings frequently adfreeze to the auger.

—Komex Consultants Ltd., Review of Methodology for Laboratory Analysis and Testing of Permafrost, March 1983

adfreeze noun

Among the problems reviewed are … the use of ice batters and adfreeze in the design of a diversion dam.

—G. W. Rathgens, Proceedings of the Alaskan Science Conference of the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council, 9–11 Nov. 1950

Word History

Etymology

ad- + freeze entry 1 + -ing entry 3

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

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