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Webster 1913 Edition


Outcrop

Out′cropˊ

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Noun.
(Geol.)
(a)
The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.
Lyell.
(b)
That part of inclined strata which appears at the surface; basset.

Out-crop′

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Verb.
I.
(Geol.)
To come out to the surface of the ground; – said of strata.

Definition 2024


outcrop

outcrop

English

Noun

outcrop (plural outcrops)

  1. A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
  2. A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
  3. The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.

Translations

Verb

outcrop (third-person singular simple present outcrops, present participle outcropping, simple past and past participle outcropped)

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