"outcropping" in the noun sense
1. outcrop, outcropping, rock outcrop
the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land
"outcropping" in the verb sense
1. outcrop
appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground
"Big boulders outcropped"
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