outcrop

English

Etymology

out- +‎ crop

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊt.kɹɑp/

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.

Translations

piece of land that stands out

• Finnish: kieleke (fi); niemeke
• Galician: con (gl) m, laxa f
• Italian: prominenza f, protuberanza (it) f, sporgenza (it) f, propagine (it) f
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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

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

Anagrams

• crop out, cropout