Associations to the word «Outcrop»
Noun
- Expanse
- Ping
- Wag
- Mariana
- Bluff
- Vegetation
- Sand
- Canyon
- Soil
- Tors
- Glade
- Clump
- Steppe
- Glacier
- Shoreline
- Rockies
- Basin
- Waterfall
- Dip
- Cave
- Comanche
- Slate
- Swamp
- Flank
- Clay
- Shrub
- River
- Pinnacle
- Downs
- Rocky
- Landscape
- Peat
- Elevation
- Hills
- Fell
- Crater
- Plain
- Confluence
- Coral
- Ore
- Marble
- Coastline
- Bog
- Foreground
- Peninsula
- Maud
- Specimen
- Locality
- Shelter
- Moor
- Depletion
- Roadway
- Pebble
- Paleontology
- Scenery
- Mountain
- Pheasant
- Kilometre
Adjective
Wiktionary
OUTCROP, noun. A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
OUTCROP, noun. A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
OUTCROP, noun. The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.
OUTCROP, verb. (geology) (of a stratum) To come out to the surface of the ground.
Dictionary definition
OUTCROP, noun. The part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land.
OUTCROP, verb. Appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground; "Big boulders outcropped".
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