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PRONUNCIATION OF OUTCROPPING

outcropping  [ˈaʊtˌkrɒpɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OUTCROPPING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Outcropping is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OUTCROPPING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

outcropping

Outcrop

An outcrop is a visible exposure of bedrock or ancient superficial deposits on the surface of the Earth. View of a bedrock outcrop near San Carlos Water, Falklands Islands. As exemplified in the picture an outcrop has to be immersed in soil and sediments. Granite outcrops at Silesian Stones Mountain in southwestern Poland. Roadside outcrop of Ordovician limestones and shales in southeastern Indiana. Roadside outcrop of a pegmatite lens in an amphibolite gneiss in Norway.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OUTCROPPING


chart-topping
ˈtʃɑːtˌtɒpɪŋ
copping
ˈkɒpɪŋ
cropping
ˈkrɒpɪŋ
dopping
ˈdɒpɪŋ
eavesdropping
ˈiːvzˌdrɒpɪŋ
flip-flopping
ˈflɪpˌflɒpɪŋ
flopping
ˈflɒpɪŋ
hopping
ˈhɒpɪŋ
island-hopping
ˈaɪləndhɒpɪŋ
plopping
ˈplɒpɪŋ
sharecropping
ˈʃɛəˌkrɒpɪŋ
shopping
ˈʃɒpɪŋ
show-stopping
ˈʃəʊˌstɒpɪŋ
sopping
ˈsɒpɪŋ
stopping
ˈstɒpɪŋ
teleshopping
ˈtɛlɪˌʃɒpɪŋ
topping
ˈtɒpɪŋ
uppropping
ʌpˈprɒpɪŋ
whopping
ˈwɒpɪŋ
window-shopping
ˈwɪndəʊˌʃɒpɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OUTCROPPING

outclass
outclimb
outcoach
outcome
outcompete
outcook
outcount
outcrafty
outcrawl
outcried
outcries
outcrop
outcropped
outcross
outcrossing
outcrow
outcrowd
outcry
outcurse
outcurve

WORDS THAT END LIKE OUTCROPPING

camping
clipping
dipping
dripping
dropping
flipping
home shopping
kidnapping
mapping
overlapping
popping
propping
shipping
skipping
slipping
stepping
stripping
swapping
tapping
tipping
wrapping

Synonyms and antonyms of outcropping in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «outcropping» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OUTCROPPING

Find out the translation of outcropping to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of outcropping from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «outcropping» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

afloramiento
570 millions of speakers

English

outcropping
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

outcropping
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البروز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обнажение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

afloramento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

outcropping
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

affleurement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyingkiran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zu Tage tretenden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

露頭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노두
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Outcropping
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

outcropping
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

outcropping
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाह्यक्रिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüzeyleyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

affioramento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

outcropping
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оголення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

outcropping
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

outcropping
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

outcropping
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

outcropping
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

frembrudd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of outcropping

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OUTCROPPING»

The term «outcropping» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.123 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OUTCROPPING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about outcropping

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OUTCROPPING»

Discover the use of outcropping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to outcropping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Outcropping: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Use in Literature OutcroppingKeep your eyes to the left of that shale outcropping, and on a line with that lone tree on the Saw Log.ndash;Andy Adams in The Outlet.He ran down the slope, and looked all about for some place of shelter, a ...
‎2008
2
Mesoscale/Synoptic Coherent Structures in Geophysical Turbulence
NUMERICAL MODELING OF AGULHAS RETROFLECTION AND RING FORMATION WITH ISOPYCNAL OUTCROPPING D. B. BOUDRA, K. A. MAILLET, AND E.P. CHASSIG}NET1 Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, ...
B.M. Jamart, J.C.J. Nihoul, 1989
3
Gold Miner 49 er Book 2
Several years later Steve and I decided to take another look at the quartz outcropping. Steve ran his metal detector over it and got a good strong signal. The source of the signal appeared to be deep in the quartz outcropping. Steve started ...
Reggie Gould, 2006
4
Oneida-English/English Oneida Dictionary
otstA-la 7 rock, mountain, outcropping. With -7ke locative suffix: otstAhld-ke on top of the mountain. With -oku locative suffix: otstAhloku the bottom of the mountain. Pre-pausal: otstAhlo-ku. DERIVED BASES: -itstAhlakahlut- be a hole in the rock ...
Karin Michelson, Mercy Doxtator, 2002
5
Art as Metaphor: The Prehistoric Rock-art of Britain
2006; Shee-Twohig 1981 Bryn Celli Ddu, Anglesey SH 508 702 Serpentine, spiral, cupmarks Chamber, rock outcropping Daniel 1950; Hemp 1930; Lynch 1969a; Nash 2006; Nash etal. 2006; Shee-Twohig 1981 Calderstones, Liverpool SJ ...
Aron D. Mazel, George Nash, Clive Waddington, 2007
6
Abbatoir in the Aether: Space: 1889 and Beyond, #4
Beyond the outcropping he could see a number of similar access panels running from the other propellers, all converging in a point just over his horizon. He pushed off from the outcropping and floated upward. Beneath a panel just over the ...
L. Joseph Shosty, 2012
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Hemingway's Tribute to Soil
Hemingway frequently referred to gray stone as bedrock, outcropping, or rocky. Sometimes he identifies the lithology of this gray stone as being limestone bedrock. The rocky ground described in Green Hills of Africa is most likely to consist of a ...
Henry Mount, 2006
8
CROP Project: Deep Seismic Exploration of the Central ...
One of the most clear MDA lineament bounds the morpho-structural limits of the Matese massif (la; Figure 6) whereas, eastward, the outcropping series of the “ Flysh Rosso”, ascribed to the Lagonegro H units are delimited by another lineament ...
I.R. Finetti, 2005
9
Soil survey
Outcropping rock units in Cleveland County consist of Permian sandstone and shale deposited near the shores of shallow seas that once covered much of western Oklahoma. Cleveland County was close to the eastern shoreline of this ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1987
10
The Nudist Colony
We hiked steadily uphill for about an hour and a half, until we came to a rock outcropping that the stream had been forced to bypass. On the other side of the outcropping, the water had formed a quiet pool. The pine needles were thick on the ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OUTCROPPING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term outcropping is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stranded orca whale freed after being kept alive with 'MacGyver …
Scientists in Canada helped keep an orca whale alive for eight hours after she was stranded on an outcropping of rock. Researchers from the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Whale watching from land: A whole new perspective on the Route …
Within half an hour of setting up our two tents, the four of us were sitting on a rocky outcropping by the water's edge, watching a beluga and a ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Mysterious Blue Hole draws visitors to E. New Mexico
The artesian spring, tucked into a rock outcropping just off the highway, pumps out some 3,000 gallons of water per minute. That's enough to fill ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
4
Avignon: France's medieval Vatican City is the gateway to Provence
As a result, the “Palais de Papes,” or Papal Palace, was built upon a natural outcropping of rock between 1335 and 1364 featuring impregnable ... «Communities Digital News, Jul 15»
5
Horse Head Theatre dives into 'The Whale; or, Moby-Dick'
The dome sits atop a promontory where there's also a large, natural rock outcropping and a cluster of abandoned concrete silos that have ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
6
Montreal's beaches: where they are and what they're like
When they fall, the rapids pull them toward an outcropping where they can get to shore, and climb back up the embankment, walk back to the ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
7
Celebrity favorite Mexican resort is only a short flight away — but be …
Tee off from a natural rock outcropping with a green designed in the shape of a whale's tail and an oceanside tee on the beach situated 199 ... «CultureMap Houston, Jul 15»
8
Blasting planned at Seymour quarry
Rather than a typical pylon sign advertising the businesses, a part of the rock outcropping will be retained on which the stores will be listed, and ... «Greenwich Time, Jul 15»
9
What I Learned from Dwight Howard's Propaganda Documentary
... they tend to let you off the hook for whatever sudden outcropping of empathy you might extend in their direction, simply by being themselves. «VICE, Jul 15»
10
Art, architecture shine along the fjord in Oslo, Norway
Oslo's hottest new neighborhood covers a rocky outcropping where criminals were executed in the 1700s. Thieves Island, now connected to ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»

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