ice-jack
English
Alternative forms
- icejack, ice jack
Etymology
ice + jack
Verb
ice-jack (third-person singular simple present ice-jacks, present participle ice-jacking, simple past and past participle ice-jacked)
- (of water) To freeze underneath an element or between two elements and jacking up the overlaying element, thereby separating it from its underlayment
- The support pylon for the ski gondola collapsed because of ice-jacking.