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Definition of Outcrop

1. Verb. Appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground. "Big boulders outcropped"

2. Noun. The part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land.

Definition of Outcrop

1. n. The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.

2. v. i. To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.

Definition of Outcrop

1. Noun. A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding. ¹

2. Noun. A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground. ¹

3. Noun. The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground. ¹

4. Verb. (geology of a stratum) To come out to the surface of the ground. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Outcrop

1. to protrude above the soil [v -CROPPED, -CROPPING, -CROPS]

Medical Definition of Outcrop

1. The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground. That part of inclined strata which appears at the surface; basset. To come out to the surface of the ground; said of strata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outcrop

outcouples outcoupling outcourt outcourts outcrack outcrafty outcrawl outcrawled outcrawling outcrawls

outcreep outcried outcrier outcriers outcries outcrop (current term) outcropped outcropping outcroppings outcrops

outcross outcrossed outcrosses outcrossing outcrow outcrowd outcrowded outcrowding outcrowds outcrowed

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