Plural of outcrop

Forms of outcrop

Outcrops in a sentence

• Above the tree limit, alpine pastures and bare rock outcrops dominate the landscape.1998, Harry Blijenberg, Rolling Stones?: Triggering and Frequency of Hillslope Debris Flows in the Bachelard Valley, Southern French Alps…. From the entry adret
• Such outcrops of younger rock, entirely surrounded by older beds, are called outliers or onliers.1997, Ruud Weijermars, Structural Geology and Map Interpretation, page 80. From the entry onlier
• They are to be seen projecting in relief from the outcrops and shoaded on the surface.1911, Sir Douglas Mawson, Walter Howchin, Chiastolites from Bimbowrie, South Australia, page 196. From the entry shoad
• Several outcrops were originally pegged in the hope that the shoaded black mineral would prove to be tin ore.2013, Arthur John Gaskin, H. R. Samson, Ceramic and Refractory Clays of South Australia, page 7. From the entry shoad
• And he was one of the later outcrops of mod.2012, Fred Perry Presents Subculture. From the entry soulboy

Meaning of outcrop

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

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Questions about the plural of outcrop

What is the plural of outcrop?

The plural of outcrop is outcrops.

Is outcrop countable?

Outcrop is a countable noun.