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Perfect Stranger Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Vocab question no. 44: two thrust per freeze

Dear All,

I have looked up the word thrust in a number of dictionaries but to no avail. I have also asked my Australian colleague about it and he couldn't figured it out either... What does this sentence mean and what's the meaning of thrust?

In a very cold winter there may actually be two thrusts per freeze.


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Top answer

Perfect Stranger In a very cold winter there may actually be two thrusts per freeze. A thrust is a strong push. You need to take the meaning of the word in context.

— Optilang

  • Perfect Stranger In a very cold winter there may actually be two thrusts per freeze.
  • A thrust is a strong push.
  • You need to take the meaning of the word in context.
  • The preceding sentence in the text is: Like a ratchet on a car jack each freeze-thaw cycle gradually lifts the fieldstones toward the surface.
  • This movement is referred to as thrusts in your sentence.
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Perfect StrangerIn a very cold winter there may actually be two thrusts per freeze.
A thrust is a strong push.

You need to take the meaning of the word in context.

The preceding sentence in the text is:

Like a ratchet on a car jack each freeze-thaw cycle gradually lifts the fieldstones toward the surface.
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OptilangPlease remember to provide as much context as possible in future posts. It took me some time to track this down.
Thank you very much OptiLang. I appreciate your effort and the answer. Unfortunately I was unable to provide you with more context because the sentece was taken from a TOEFL book and it was given without any further context. Now everything i
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