Found 2 items, similar to Outcrop.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: outcrop
outcrop
n : the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface
of the surrounding land [syn:
outcropping,
rock outcrop
]
[also:
outcropping,
outcropped]
outcrop
v : appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground;
“Big boulders outcropped”
[also:
outcropping,
outcropped]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Outcrop
Outcrop
\Out"crop`\, n. (Geol.)
(a) The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.
--Lyell.
(b) That part of inclined strata which appears at the
surface; basset.
[1913 Webster]
Outcrop
\Out*crop"\, v. i. (Geol.)
To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.
[1913 Webster]