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Outcrop

//ˈaʊt.kɹɑp// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
  2. 2
    the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land wordnet
  3. 3
    A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
  4. 4
    The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.
Verb
  1. 1
    To come out to the surface of the ground.
  2. 2
    appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From out- + crop.

Etymology 2

From out- + crop.

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