OUTCROPPING

outcrop, outcropping, rock outcrop

(noun) the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land

OUTCROP

outcrop

(verb) appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground; “Big boulders outcropped”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

outcropping (plural outcroppings)

An outcrop.

Anagrams

• cropping out

Source: Wiktionary


OUTCROP

Out"crop`, n. (Geol.) (a) The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground. Lyell. (b) That part of inclined strata which appears at the surface; basset.

Out*crop", v. i. (Geol.)

Definition: To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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