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outcrop::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | outcropping, rock outcrop |
| Type of | rock, stone |
| Has types | belay, outthrust |
outcrop::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | appear |
| Derivation | outcropping |
Big boulders outcropped.
Examples of outcrop
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One of our party caught sight of a leopard's tail waving behind a rocky outcrop.
From the express.co.uk
Cooling liquid rock sculpted the vast and unique outcrop jutting into the waves.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
They may be weathering out of the outcrop of bedrock six metres from the lander.
From the newscientist.com
The striking peak, four miles north-east, is the rocky outcrop named Simons Seat.
From the gazetteherald.co.uk
As Rollinson makes clear they are not the location of the oldest small outcrop.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As I stepped on the rocky outcrop, a steady drizzle fell from gray skies overhead.
From the thenewstribune.com
The winter worksite was on the north slope of an outcrop called Greeley Haven.
From the sciencedaily.com
When he searched at the base of one rock outcrop, there were tiny bones everywhere.
From the sciencedaily.com
Our little group continues walking, emerging from the Wave onto an exposed outcrop.
From the sfgate.com
- The part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
- Appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground; "Big boulders outcropped"
- An outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth.
- (OUTCROPS) A term designating the surface exposure of rock layers, which have not been decomposed into soil.
- A rock formation that protrudes through the level of the surrounding soil.
- An exposure of rock or mineral deposit that can be seen on surface, that is, not covered by soil or water.
- A place where rock is exposed at the Earth's surface and can be examined without digging
- An area of rock emerging at the ground surface.
- The area where a particular rock body reaches the surface.
