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Outcrop Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Outcrop has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land

2

A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.

Verb
1

appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground

"Big boulders outcropped"

2

To come out to the surface of the ground.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
rock appear
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
belay outthrust
Rhyming Words
rop crop trop prop drop strop atrop upprop unprop toorop bedrop bastrop caltrop de trop pitprop subprop mi krop lathrop interop dewdrop
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