outcrop

English

Etymology

out- +‎ crop

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaʊt.kɹɑp/

Noun

outcrop (plural outcrops)

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

Translations

piece of land that stands out

Finnish: kieleke (fi); niemeke
Italian: prominenza f, protuberanza (it) f, sporgenza (it) f, propagine f

Spanish: afloramiento rocoso

coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground

Dutch: ontsluiting (nl) f
Finnish: paljastuma; kallio (fi) (bedrock), hietikko (fi) (sand), somerikko (moraine), kivikko (fi) (stones)
French: affleurement (fr) m
Galician: penedo m

German: Aufschluss (de) m
Hebrew: אַדְמַת טְרָשִׁים‎ (he) f (admát trashím) (stones)
Italian: affioramento m
Spanish: afloramiento (es) m

part of a rock formation that appears at the surface

Catalan: aflorament m
Dutch: ontsluiting (nl) f
Finnish: kallio (fi)
French: affleurement (fr) m
Galician: penedo m, laxe m

German: Aufschluss (de) m
Italian: affioramento m, spunzone (it) m, spuntone (it) m, sporgenza (it) f
Polish: wychodnia (pl) f
Spanish: afloramiento (es) m

Verb

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

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

Anagrams

crop out, cropout

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