outcrop
1 of 2noun
out·crop ˈau̇t-ˌkräp 
1
: a coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground
2
: the part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground
outcrop
2 of 2verb
out·crop ˈau̇t-ˌkräp
ˌau̇t-ˈkräp
outcropped; outcropping; outcrops
intransitive verb
1
: to project from the surrounding soil
ledges outcropping from the eroded slope
2
: to come to the surface : appear
Example Sentences
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 3 May 2022 Ukrainian authorities interpreted the attack as payback for Russian troops being forced off Snake Island, a tiny rocky outcrop south of Odesa and just 30 miles from European Union nation Romania's closest coastal city. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 1 July 2022 If Terracina is a surprise trove of Roman antiquity, Sperlonga, clutching a rocky outcrop about 10 miles farther south, looks as if it were airlifted straight from Puglia. Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2022 Doubt turned into enchantment at first sight of the chora, or main town — a blue church dome topping a medieval castle topping a white village lined by windmills and cascading down a rocky outcrop to the sea. San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022 Groups of people, most of them gay men, many of them naked, amble down the beach toward a soaring rocky outcrop. New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 In other images, Jonsson portrays fiery blasts of yellow-orange lava pouring down on smoldering layers of hot rock or splashing sideways against a towering outcrop like a tsunami smashing against a cliff under an aquamarine sky. Steven Litt, cleveland, 15 May 2022 Built in 1915, the 50-feet-high, red-and-white beacon is perched on an outcrop of granite rocks. Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2022 About a quarter of the €20 million will be devoted to the Rocca Calascio castle, which sits atop a rocky outcrop above the village. Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2022 Shannon Sims, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020 While the iron boat badly deteriorated badly over the century it's been exposed to the elements, the scow has remained tightly fixed to a rock outcropping since August 1918. Jeanne Bonner, CNN, 2 Nov. 2019 Magnetic anomalies abounded in the ancient natural world, where a lightning strike on a rock outcropping was much more likely than today. David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 6 Aug. 2019 On the evening of January 28, 1918, fifteen unarmed men and boys were rounded up and roped together by Texas Rangers and local ranchers, then led to a rock outcropping in the desert and shot dead. Steve Anderson, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019 In Topanga State Park, hike up to Eagle Rock—a massive sandstone outcropping nearly 2,000 feet above sea level—for panoramic views. Rico Gagliano, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2018 But here Bidwell starts to feel wilder, as the Maidu and Middle and Upper Trails branch off into the foothills and toward the rock outcropping known as Monkey Face, and other trails dip into the dense riparian growth along Big Chico Creek. Peter Fish, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018 Shovels and Rope is a cool rockabilly outcropping of that movement. NOLA.com, 18 Jan. 2018 The petroglyphs were rediscovered after an 1881 wildfire devastated much of the region and burned off the vegetation that had covered the sandstone outcropping. Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2017 See More
Noun
This concept of direct pay was really an outcrop from a 2009 law called the American Recovery Reinvestment Act. Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 3 May 2022 Ukrainian authorities interpreted the attack as payback for Russian troops being forced off Snake Island, a tiny rocky outcrop south of Odesa and just 30 miles from European Union nation Romania's closest coastal city. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 1 July 2022 If Terracina is a surprise trove of Roman antiquity, Sperlonga, clutching a rocky outcrop about 10 miles farther south, looks as if it were airlifted straight from Puglia. Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2022 Doubt turned into enchantment at first sight of the chora, or main town — a blue church dome topping a medieval castle topping a white village lined by windmills and cascading down a rocky outcrop to the sea. San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022 Groups of people, most of them gay men, many of them naked, amble down the beach toward a soaring rocky outcrop. New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 In other images, Jonsson portrays fiery blasts of yellow-orange lava pouring down on smoldering layers of hot rock or splashing sideways against a towering outcrop like a tsunami smashing against a cliff under an aquamarine sky. Steven Litt, cleveland, 15 May 2022 Built in 1915, the 50-feet-high, red-and-white beacon is perched on an outcrop of granite rocks. Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2022 About a quarter of the €20 million will be devoted to the Rocca Calascio castle, which sits atop a rocky outcrop above the village. Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2022 Verb
This exclusive, discrete resort (no photos allowed) consists of a series of bungalows set around a private lagoon, whose waters are protected from the waves by a rock outcropping dotted with deluxe beach chairs. Shannon Sims, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020 While the iron boat badly deteriorated badly over the century it's been exposed to the elements, the scow has remained tightly fixed to a rock outcropping since August 1918. Jeanne Bonner, CNN, 2 Nov. 2019 Magnetic anomalies abounded in the ancient natural world, where a lightning strike on a rock outcropping was much more likely than today. David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 6 Aug. 2019 On the evening of January 28, 1918, fifteen unarmed men and boys were rounded up and roped together by Texas Rangers and local ranchers, then led to a rock outcropping in the desert and shot dead. Steve Anderson, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019 In Topanga State Park, hike up to Eagle Rock—a massive sandstone outcropping nearly 2,000 feet above sea level—for panoramic views. Rico Gagliano, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2018 But here Bidwell starts to feel wilder, as the Maidu and Middle and Upper Trails branch off into the foothills and toward the rock outcropping known as Monkey Face, and other trails dip into the dense riparian growth along Big Chico Creek. Peter Fish, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018 Shovels and Rope is a cool rockabilly outcropping of that movement. NOLA.com, 18 Jan. 2018 The petroglyphs were rediscovered after an 1881 wildfire devastated much of the region and burned off the vegetation that had covered the sandstone outcropping. Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
out entry 1 + crop entry 2, after crop out "to protrude from the ground"
Note: See the note at crop entry 2 regarding geological senses of the verb.
Verb
derivative of outcrop entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
circa 1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1
outcropped
verb
as in broke out
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- broke out
- cropped (up)
- rose
- emerged
- issued
- surfaced
- bobbed (up)
- arose
- happened
- erupted
- blossomed
- shot (up)
- occurred
- sprung (up)
- debuted
- arrived
- dawned
- sprang (up)
- came
- came out
- reappeared
- turned up
- broke
- resurfaced
- rematerialized
- reappeared
- appeared
- loomed
- bulked
- showed up
- unfolded
- showed
- materialized
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- went (away)
- melted (away)
- dissolved
- evaporated
- disappeared
- evanesced
- vanished
- left
- faded
- cleared
- retired
- withdrew
- departed