outcrop

From out- +‎ crop.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊt.kɹɒp/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊt.kɹɑp/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈæɔt.kɹɔp/

outcrop (plural outcrops)

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

• outcropping

• sub-outcrop

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

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

• crop out, cropout