outcrop
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈaʊtˌkrɒp/
- Specialized
:
afloramiento
- There's an outcrop of nearly solid gold as thick as your arm right here.
- rock outcrops
- rocky outcrop
- natural outcrops
Examples
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OK, so this is the the photo of the outcrop right here that is said to look like this arc.
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The tracks wove in and out through the outcrop and into the flats beyond.
Fiction book (1992) -
From the top of the outcrop, we can see much of the region.
Academic text (2007) -
However, there was a rocky outcrop about fifty yards away that would be free of mines.
Fiction book (2000) -
Dunstanburgh, a dramatic ruin, stands on an outcrop of Whinsill 100 feet above the North Sea.
Academic text (1999) -
Baby Bare is an isolated outcrop on a deep-sea sediment plain.
Academic text (2004) -
Today, this region is hilly and arid, with occasional rock outcrops surrounded by pines and other trees.
Academic text (1998) -
The pine-covered slopes, waterfalls, and outcrops of bare gray rock all felt familiar.
Academic text (2008) -
Sneinton was east of Nottingham on the rugged sandstone outcrop overlooking the Trent Valley.
Academic text (1990) -
The hikers paused to admire the stunning view from the rocky outcrop above the valley.
Synonyms
8
7.0
A piece of rock that sticks out from the ground
1
6.0
A piece of hard rock that sticks out above the ground
1
8.9
A piece of rock that sticks out from a cliff or hill
Compounds
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
outcrop = crop (semi-transparent) = out + crop
The components 'out' + 'crop' are visible, but the geological sense is specialized and depends on a less common sense of 'crop' meaning 'to appear'. [Postprocessing: moved 'out' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Outcrop is made from out and crop, where crop here means 'to rise' or 'appear', like plants that 'crop up' from the soil. So an outcrop is a piece of rock that 'comes out' of the ground and you can see on the surface.