Associations to the word «Outcrop»

Wiktionary

OUTCROP, noun. A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
OUTCROP, noun. A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
OUTCROP, noun. The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.
OUTCROP, verb. (geology) (of a stratum) To come out to the surface of the ground.

Dictionary definition

OUTCROP, noun. The part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land.
OUTCROP, verb. Appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground; "Big boulders outcropped".

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