(US) An outcrop.
outcropping
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for outcropping.
Editorial note
Then you turn left through the gate and there is a little rocky outcropping there where the temple is.
Quick take
(US) An outcrop.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of outcropping gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for outcropping.
noun
(US) An outcrop.
See also: outcrop, rock-outcrop
Example sentences
Then you turn left through the gate and there is a little rocky outcropping there where the temple is.
Just because your particular outcropping isn't coated in digital blood doesn't mean you're not part of the problem.
Marketplace, for example, is American Public Media, which is sort of an outcropping from Minnesota Public Radio.
It conquers that copse of lush oak trees next to the large outcropping of granite rocks.
We should rather tear down the awful system instead of playing whack-a-mole with academia's newest outcropping.
Perhaps a giant in a holocaust cloak lurking in an outcropping waiting to hit you in the head with a small boulder.
Some amount of friction is built in to put the brakes on any sudden outcropping of nonsense from any single element of government.
Art is the forwardmost outcropping of specialization - it exists in advance of what it describes being known or understood - and by definition it is always the most scarce speciality.
This is probably an outcropping of the trend in '90s prep schools to force students to have pitch-perfect side projects for their college applications.
> We should rather tear down the awful system instead of playing whack-a-mole with academia's newest outcropping.
I brought an infrared thermometer with me on a trip last year and found a spot in a rocky outcropping that topped out near 150*F.
I've seen the night sky (moonless) from out in the Arizona desert and watched the Aurora Borealis from a stone outcropping on Sarah Lake in Quetico National Park.
Quote examples
It will be very different if you say "treehouse, naturally occurring, in an old beautiful tree with branches that are low and spread widely and have lots of character and hanging moss and thick bark and curvy roots and mushrooms on a rocky outcropping from a mountainside.
It's given the same bedrock set of commands ("don't drive off cliffs", "don't smash into large rocks", etc), and human operators give it a similar set of high-level goals ("drive towards that weird outcropping over there").
"A drone camera circles around a beautiful historic church built on a rocky outcropping along the Amalfi Coast": The woman in the white dress in the bottom left suddenly splits into multiple people like she was a single cell microbe multiplying.
A different tack on this same thing: it might also be an outcropping of the common "i did this on my own" image of success that seems to be the cultural norm for successful people to project: if they had help, they shouldn't admit it, perhaps enhanced by the fact that in the dominant group, imperfections (such as admitting needing a mentor) are less judged than those same imperfections in a minority.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use outcropping in a sentence?
Then you turn left through the gate and there is a little rocky outcropping there where the temple is.
What does outcropping mean?
(US) An outcrop.
What part of speech is outcropping?
outcropping is commonly used as noun.