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upcropping

upcropping noun: something that crops up, or occurs unexpectedly.

Noun

upcropping (plural upcroppings)

  1. Something that crops up, or occurs unexpectedly.
    • You may find that upcroppings of guilt can plague you for months after a pregnancy loss.2004, Maureen Rank, Free to Grieve
  2. A rising outcrop.
    • Cruising World
      Healthy trees draped in Spanish moss still thrived on these odd upcroppings of rock, some of which were surrounded by water now, and white with kittiwakes […]

Forms of upcropping

pluralupcroppings

Origin of upcropping

From up + cropping.

Questions about upcropping

What does upcropping mean?
Upcropping means something that crops up, or occurs unexpectedly.
What part of speech is upcropping?
Upcropping is a noun.
What is the plural of upcropping?
The plural of upcropping is upcroppings.

Words near upcropping in the dictionary

  1. upcreeping
  2. upcreeps
  3. upcrept
  4. upcried
  5. upcries
  6. upcropping
  7. upcroppings
  8. upcrossing
  9. upcrossings
  10. upcry
  11. upcrying

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