outcrop

English

A rocky outcrop.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Germanic *ūt

Proto-Germanic *ūt-

Old English ūt-

Middle English ut-

English out-

English crop

English outcrop

From out- + crop.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊt.kɹɒp/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊt.kɹɑp/

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈæɔt.kɹɔp/

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• outcropping

Derived terms

• outcropper
• sub-outcrop

Translations

piece of land that stands out

• Esperanto: elstaraĵo (eo)
• Finnish: kieleke (fi); niemeke
• Galician: con (gl) m, laxa f
• German: Landzunge (de) f, Vorsprung (de) m (ledge)
• Italian: prominenza (it) f, protuberanza (it) f, sporgenza (it) f, propagine (it) f
• Spanish: afloramiento rocoso
• Turkish: dil (tr)

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 露頭 / 露头 (zh)

• Finnish: paljastuma; kallio (fi) (bedrock), hietikko (fi) (sand), somerikko (moraine), kivikko (fi) (stones)
• French: affleurement (fr) m
• Galician: penedo (gl) m
• German: Aufschluss (de) m, Aufbiss m
• Hebrew: אַדְמַת טְרָשִׁים (he) f (admát trashím) (stones)
• Icelandic: opna (is) f
• Italian: affioramento m
• Romanian: afloriment (ro) n
• Spanish: afloramiento (es) m
• Turkish: mostra (tr)

part of a rock formation that appears at the surface

• Catalan: aflorament m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 露頭 / 露头 (zh)

• Czech: výchoz m
• Finnish: kallio (fi)
• French: affleurement (fr) m
• Galician: penedo (gl) m, laxe (gl) m
• German: Aufschluss (de) m
• Icelandic: opna (is) f
• Italian: affioramento m, spunzone (it) m, spuntone (it) m, sporgenza (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anstå (mining, geology)

• Polish: wychodnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: afloramento (rochoso) m
• Spanish: afloramiento (es) m
• Turkish: mostra (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ontsluiting (nl) f, dagzoom (nl) m

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• crop out, cropout