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- DictionaryOutcropping/ˈoutˌkräpiNG/
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- 1. a rock formation that is visible on the surface: "huge stone outcroppings dotted the landscape"
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OUTCROP meaning: 1. a large rock or group of rocks that sticks out of the ground 2. a large rock or group of rocks…. Learn more.
Synonyms for OUTCROPPING: emerging, rising, surfacing, erupting, blossoming, arising, occurring, breaking out; Antonyms of OUTCROPPING: going (away), vanishing, dissolving, evaporating, melting (away), clearing, disappearing, fading.
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An outcrop is an area of land where the underlying rocks are exposed. You can see many rocky outcrops throughout Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.
1. : to project from the surrounding soil. ledges outcropping from the eroded slope. 2. : to come to the surface : appear. Examples of outcrop in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Noun. To their left was a jagged, rocky outcrop which would bring us within 200 yards of them.
1. Geology. a. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth. b. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein. 2. something that emerges suddenly or violently in the manner of an outcrop; outbreak. an outcrop of student demonstrations.
outcrop. noun. /ˈaʊtkrɒp/. /ˈaʊtkrɑːp/. a large mass of rock that stands above the surface of the ground. a rocky outcrop. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Outcrop is used after these nouns: rock.
