pipkrake

Ice needles (pipkrake) pushing soil particles upwards in w:Shiga KogenShiga Kōgen, Japan.

Meaning

Noun

Needle ice; ice structures formed when the air temperature is below 0℃ and the soil is not.

Origin

From Swedish pipkrake, from pip + krake, .

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