the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
<noun.object> [ verb ]
appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground
<verb.change> Big boulders outcropped
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.
Outcrop \Out*crop"\, v. i. (Geol.) To come out to the surface of the ground; -- said of strata.
This sculpture could almost be a wind-eroded outcrop of rock. Cool marble is used for the chilly 'Narcissus' who peers into the water beneath the crook of his arm to admire his own reflection.
The castle of Loarre, another royal artefact, soars up in a rugged stump on the very final outcrop of the Pyrenean foothills. Loarre is intoxicating, and certainly deserves the detour it involves.
BARBUDA is a little-known coral outcrop, lost, as its name suggests, somewhere between Barbados and Bermuda.
Next morning for the first time most of us had food-poisoning. Two hours' drive away is the Dardes Gorge, which boasts an outcrop of phallic rocks.