outcrop

noun

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

intransitive verb

To protrude above the soil, as rock formations.

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

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

intransitive verb

To come out to the surface of the ground; — said of strata.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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