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outcrop

/ˈaʊt.kɹɒp/US/ˈaʊt.kɹɑp/

outcrop noun: a piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.

outcrop: a piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding
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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.

Verb

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

  1. To come out to the surface of the ground.

outcrop meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

outcrop in Tamil

பாறைப்பொலிவு, வெளிப்படுபாறை, பாறைப் பொலிவு, வெளியரும்புபாறை

outcrop in Bengali

ভূপৃষ্ঠে প্রকাশিত শিলা, খনিজ স্তর

outcrop in Malayalam

ഉന്തൽ, തളളൽ

Examples of outcrop in a sentence

  • We looked out from a heady outcrop of rock.
  • When the baserock appears at the surface, it is called a rock outcrop.
  • Above the tree limit, alpine pastures and bare rock outcrops dominate the landscape.

All 26 example sentences with outcrop

Synonyms of outcrop

Forms of outcrop

Noun
pluraloutcrops
Verb
third-person singular presentoutcrops
present participleoutcropping
past participleoutcropped
pastoutcropped

Plural of outcrop: outcrops

Origin of outcrop

From out- + crop.

Words formed from outcrop

Questions about outcrop

What does outcrop mean?
Outcrop means a piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
What is outcrop in Tamil?
Outcrop in Tamil is பாறைப்பொலிவு, வெளிப்படுபாறை, பாறைப் பொலிவு. See Outcrop meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is outcrop?
Outcrop can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce outcrop?
Outcrop is pronounced /ˈaʊt.kɹɒp/ (UK).
What is the plural of outcrop?
The plural of outcrop is outcrops.

Words near outcrop in the dictionary

  1. outcrept
  2. outcried
  3. outcrier
  4. outcriers
  5. outcries
  6. outcrop
  7. outcropped
  8. outcropper
  9. outcroppers
  10. outcropping
  11. outcroppings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outcrop (page history and authors); outcrop (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outcrop (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outcrop (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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