WordNet
n. the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land [syn: outcrop, outcropping]
Usage examples of "rock outcrop".
Henchick of the Manni and Roland of Gilead nooned in the shadow of a massive rock outcrop, eating cold chicken and rice wrapped in tortillas and drinking sof cider from a jug which they passed back and forth between them.
Henchick of the Manni and Roland of Gilead nooned in the shadow of a massive rock outcrop, eating cold chicken and rice wrapped in tortillas and drinking sof’.
They covered north, south, east and west, rotating through almost 180 degrees on their respective mountings, and taking in almost all the territory that surrounded the rock outcrop where the redoubt was based.
There was no wind and nothing stirred as we turned off the track, driving out on to the shoulder of the mountain where a rock outcrop stood black against the moon like a ruined castle.
They smacked down hard, bounced clear over a rock outcrop big enough to remove the car's belly, and slithered to a stop.
Littlefeet asked Big Ears, just sitting to one side on a rock outcrop and staring.
We managed to slide the body down to the rock outcrop at the bottom.
The little waterway had washed around a rock outcrop which formed a high bank on the opposite, side, blocking the wind.
It was too early for birds to show her if anyone lay hidden in the rock outcrop, now a dark blur on slightly lighter dark.
Wad Mohammad surveyed the battlefield from his vantage point in the shade of a rock outcrop several hundred meters to the south.
Together the rangers stumbled through a beating downpour to the lee of a rock outcrop which gave a faint hint of shelter.
Storm knew that was true when the black wings spread in a glide and Baku perched on a rock outcrop, her dark plumage very visible against the red of the stone.
The sun was considerably higher now, but he banked around and put it behind him, then swept back across the desert, keeping his eye out for the rock outcrop that would be the tents.