outcropping

From the verb outcrop: (⇒ conjugate)

outcropping is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

out•crop /n. ˈaʊtˌkrɑp; v. ˌaʊtˈkrɑp/   n., v., -cropped, -crop•ping. 
n. [countable]

1. Geology
   • an area where something has risen to the surface of the earth, as a layer of bedrock.
   • the exposed portion of such a layer.

v. [no object]

2. Geology to rise suddenly to the surface of the earth, as layers of bedrock.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

out•crop  (n. out′krop′;v. out′krop′), n., v., -cropped, -crop•ping. 
n. 

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:
   an outcrop of student demonstrations.

v.i. 

3. Geology to crop out, as strata.

• noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase crop out 1760–70

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outcrop noun / ˈaʊtˌkrɒp/

1. part of a rock formation or mineral vein that appears at the surface of the earth
2. an emergence; appearance

verb / ˌaʊtˈkrɒp/ ( -crops, -cropping, -cropped)(intransitive)

1. (of rock strata, mineral veins, etc) to protrude through the surface of the earth
2. another word for crop out