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OUTCROP

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected forms: outcropped    , outcropping   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

outcrop; outcropping; rock outcrop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("outcrop" is a kind of...):

rock; stone (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outcrop"):

belay (something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured)

outthrust (an outcropping of rock that extends outward)

Derivation:

outcrop (appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground

Example:

Big boulders outcropped

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "outcrop" is one way to...):

appear (come into sight or view)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

outcrop; outcropping (the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land)

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