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permafrozen

adj

Etymology

From perma- + frozen.

  1. derived from fresen
  2. inherited from frozen
  3. prefixed as permafrozen — “perma + frozen”

Definitions

  1. permanently frozen

    • Piece of cake? her mind screeched. Piece of ten-million-year-old permafrozen glacier, maybe.
    • Pingos form by the penetration of unfrozen but saturated sands to the surface through a layer of permafrozen ground.
    • With the very long winter, permafrozen soil, and low evaporation, the soil is waterlogged.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA