Usually means: Exposed rock formation at surface.
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  1. outcrop: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. outcrop: Merriam-Webster
  3. outcrop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. outcrop: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. outcrop: Collins English Dictionary
  6. outcrop: Vocabulary.com
  7. outcrop: Wordnik
  8. outcrop: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. outcrop: Wiktionary
  10. outcrop: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. outcrop: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. outcrop: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. outcrop: Dictionary.com
  14. outcrop: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Outcrop: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Outcrop: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. outcrop: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. outcrop: Rhymezone
  19. Outcrop: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. outcrop: FreeDictionary.org
  21. outcrop: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. outcrop: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. outcrop: Natural History Terms

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  1. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
  2. Outcrop: Gems and Precious Stones
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (outcrop)

▸ noun:  A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
▸ noun:  A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
▸ noun:  The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.
▸ verb:  (geology, of a stratum) To come out to the surface of the ground.

Similar:
rock outcrop, crop, upcropping, outcropper, scar, basset, Bassett, butt, upstand, platform, more...

Opposite:
incline, depression, dip, hollow, basin

Types:
butte, mesa, spur, knob, dome, bluff, cliff, headland, pinnacle, more...

Phrases:
rock outcrop, rocky outcrop, more...

Adjectives:
rocky, small, large, main, natural, single, isolated, narrow, northern, extensive, continuous

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    gray,     brown,     tan,     rust,     ochre, more...
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Similar:
rock outcrop, crop, upcropping, outcropper, scar, basset, Bassett, butt, upstand, platform, more...

Opposite:
incline, depression, dip, hollow, basin

Types:
butte, mesa, spur, knob, dome, bluff, cliff, headland, pinnacle, more...

Phrases:
rock outcrop, rocky outcrop, more...

Adjectives:
rocky, small, large, main, natural, single, isolated, narrow, northern, extensive, continuous

Colors:
    gray,     brown,     tan,     rust,     ochre, more...



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