Definitions for outcrop

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outcrop out·crop

Spelling: [noun out-krop; verb out-krop]

IPA: /noun ˈaʊtˌkrɒp; verb ˌaʊtˈkrɒp/

Outcrop is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 138 anagrams from letters in outcrop (cooprtu).

Definitions for outcrop

noun

1. Geology. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
2. something that emerges suddenly or violently in the manner of an outcrop; outbreak:

verb (used without object)

1. to crop out, as strata.

Origin of outcrop

First recorded in 1760-70; noun use of verb phrase crop out

Examples for outcrop

The mouth of the bay was dotted with an outcrop of toothlike rocks.

The shelf which had caught him was the broader part of a long edge of outcrop.

In both cases the apparent anomaly is the outcrop of a deeper law.

At this point an effort would be made against the outcrop of his thoughts.

The frequent recurrence of outcrop and angle made this comparatively easy.

Somewhere in here began an outcrop of rock running east for miles.

This line runs seawards to the east and its strength is shown in its outcrop.

In my belief, simply an outcrop of sincerity—of fidelity to mood, to impression, to self.

This outcrop is oxidized, and being free, is easily amalgamated with mercury.

It has a northwest exposure and is very near the top of the outcrop.