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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

out·crop / ˈoutˌkräp/ • n. a rock formation that is visible on the surface: dramatic limestone outcrops. ∎ fig. a noticeable manifestation or occurrence. • v. (-cropped, -crop·ping) [intr.] [often as n.] (outcropping) appear as an outcrop: jumbled outcroppings of bedrock.

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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

outcrop That part of a rock formation which is exposed at the Earth's surface.

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outcrop

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

outcrop •atop, bop, chop, clop, cop, crop, dop, drop, Dunlop, estop, flop, fop, glop, hop, intercrop, knop, kop, lop, mop, op, plop, pop, prop, screw-top, shop, slop, sop, stop, strop, swap, tiptop, top, underprop, whop, wop •co-op • bebop • sweatshop • carhop •hedgehop • bellhop • hiphop • flipflop •clip-clop • bellyflop • megaflop •gigaflop • teraflop • rollmop • coin-op •lollipop • backdrop • airdrop •sharecrop • namedrop • raindrop •eavesdrop • Ribbentrop • Winthrop •agitprop • outcrop • snowdrop •stonecrop • turboprop • dewdrop •gumdrop • teardrop • malaprop •Aesop • sweetsop • milksop •pawnshop • window-shop • toyshop •bookshop, cookshop •barbershop • workshop • ragtop •blacktop • tanktop • laptop • backstop •flat-top • hardtop • palmtop • desktop •tabletop • maintop • treetop • hilltop •whistle-stop • ripstop • longstop •foretop • doorstop • shortstop •screwtop • rooftop • worktop

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