MEANING
Tiny ice crystals formed in turbulent water below freezing, often accumulating into slush or other river ice.
Use it for
Add a precise winter-river detail instead of a generic description of ice.Use when a frozen stream needs a technically accurate, image-rich detail of ice forming beneath the surface.
Words that belong together
- frazil crystals
- frazil ice
- frazil formation
On the page
Frazil swirled below the bridge, turning the current pale and granular.
Word forms
- Base
- frazil
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Usage notes
A specialized hydrology and weather term for ice crystals forming in turbulent water below freezing; it is not ordinary surface slush.
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