Outcrop (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. Geology.
    • a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth.
    • 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.
verb (used without object), out·cropped, out·crop·ping.
  1. to crop out, as strata.
noun (ˈaʊtˌkrɒp)
  1. part of a rock formation or mineral vein that appears at the surface of the earth
  2. an emergence; appearance
verb (ˌaʊtˈkrɒp) -crops, -cropping or -cropped (intr)
  1. (of rock strata, mineral veins, etc) to protrude through the surface of the earth
  2. another word for crop out
    Outcrop (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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