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offshoot

English

Etymology

From off- +? shoot.

Noun

offshoot (plural offshoots)

  1. That which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.
    the offshoots of a tree
  2. That which develops from something else.
    an offshoot of a criminal organization

Synonyms

  • spin-off/spinoff

Translations

Further reading

  • offshoot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • offshoot in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • shoot off

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outcrop

English

Etymology

out- +? crop

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?a?t.k??p/

Noun

outcrop (plural outcrops)

  1. A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
  2. A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
  3. The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.

Translations

Verb

outcrop (third-person singular simple present outcrops, present participle outcropping, simple past and past participle outcropped)

  1. (geology, of a stratum) To come out to the surface of the ground.

Anagrams

  • crop out, cropout

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