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n. A portion of bedrock or other stratum protruding through the soil level.

verb-intransitive. To protrude above the soil, as rock formations.

n. A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.

n. A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.

n. The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.

v. To come out to the surface of the ground.

n. The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.

n. That part of inclined strata which appears at the surface; basset.

verb-intransitive. To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.

n. The appearing at the surface of a stratum or series of strata, or of a vein or ore-deposit of any kind.

To crop out or up; specifically, in geology, to come out to the surface of the ground: said of strata.

v. appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground

n. the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land

"In any event, the outcrop is hidden, and it seems remarkable how much it is hidden."

outcropped    outcropping    outcrops   

appear   

outcropping    outcropped   

basset    emergence    gossan    emerge   

outcropping    escarpment    overhang    crag    monolith    boulder    mountainside    bluff    bowlder    promontory