What is "outcrop" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does outcrop mean in English? Meaning of outcrop definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "outcrop" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "outcrop": the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land

Noun

  • Meaning: the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
  • Synonyms: outcrop outcropping rock outcrop
  • Hyponyms: belay outthrust
  • Hypernyms: rock stone
  • Meaning of "outcrop": appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground

    Verb

  • Meaning: appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground
  • Example: Big boulders outcropped
  • Synonyms: outcrop
  • Hypernyms: appear
  • Synonyms:

    offshoot, node, shoot, bulge, prolongation, process, swelling, protuberance, prominence, enlargement, excrescence, jut, sprout,

    Antonyms:

    depression, ingrowth,

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