outcropping

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
verb appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground

It was a place of ice and snow and bleak outcropping of half-covered rocks where he descended. — Astounding Stories, August, 1931, Various
At one edge of the opening was an outcropping of flat rock now quite dry, and there he would spread his bed. — The Texan Scouts: A Story of the Alamo and Goliad, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
An outcropping of coral formed the backbone of the thin crescent which held him, and which was about half a mile between the points. — "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea, Morgan Robertson

outcrop, rock outcrop

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