Outcrop
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noun.
A portion of bedrock or other stratum protruding through the soil level.
intransitive verb.
To protrude above the soil, as rock formations.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To crop out or up; specifically, in
geology
, to come out to the surface of the ground: said of strata.
noun.
The appearing at the surface of a stratum or series of strata, or of a vein or ore-deposit of any kind.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.
noun.
That part of inclined strata which appears at the surface; basset.
intransitive verb.
To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A piece of
land
that stands out (usually into water) from the land
surrounding
.
noun.
A
coming
out of
bedrock
or of an unconsolidated
deposit
to the
surface
of the
ground
.
noun.
The
part
of a
rock
formation
that appears at the
surface
of the
ground
.
verb.
To come out to the surface of the ground.
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verb.
appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground
noun.
the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land