ice cracking
Winter lake sounds
Ice cracking is the sound or process of ice fracturing under stress—from temperature changes, weight, or movement.
The sharp reports of a frozen lake settling can travel remarkable distances.
The phrase also describes a technique for creating decorative fissures in pottery glaze or nail polish.
We heard ice cracking beneath our boots.
- fractureSplit in hard material
- splinterThin sharp fragment
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- freezeBecome solid from cold
- cold snapBrief period of bitter chill
thaw · polar expedition · ice sheet · pond · lake · ice fishing · winter · cold · snap · groan · brittle · breaking · breaking point · fissure · split · frozen · water · danger
- foleyfootsteps, glass breaking, punches, coconut shells, horse hooves
- breakingbreaking, fracturing, rupturing, shattering, snapping
- damagebreakage, break, fracture, dent, gash