outthrust

1. 1.

   an outcropping of rock that extends outward

   Broaderoutcrop

Other forms of outthrust

plural

outthrusts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about outthrust

What does outthrust mean?

outthrust means "an outcropping of rock that extends outward".

How many syllables are in outthrust?

outthrust has 2 syllables and divides as out-thrust under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.