See Also: outcrop(medicine)
outcrop(dictionary)
outcrop(dictionary)

outcrop (iou)



outcrop noun & verb. E19.
[from OUT- + CROP noun.]
A. noun.
Geology & Mining. A part of a rock stratum, vein, or soil layer which emerges at the surface. Also more widely, an area or mass of bare rock. E19.
fig. (An) outward manifestation. M19.
b. verb intrans. Infl. -pp-.
Geology & Mining. Crop out; (of a stratum or vein) emerge at the surface. M19.
fig. Emerge or come out. M19.
outcropping noun (a) appearance, emergence; (b) Mining & Geology the action or fact of cropping out; an outcrop: M19.