crag
1a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
Origin of crag
1Other words from crag
- craglike, adjective
Words Nearby crag
Other definitions for crag (2 of 2)
the neck, throat, or craw.
Origin of crag
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How to use crag in a sentence
This is the first sweater I reach for when hanging around the house, but I also layer it beneath a thicker jacket on low 40-degree days at the crag.
It did keep our beer cold during long summer days at the crag and our cider very hot during parking-lot hangs at the ski resort.
Want to Get Outside All Winter? Bring Your Thermos. | AC Shilton | November 29, 2020 | Outside OnlineI’d been hearing about jammed trailheads and overcrowding at crags across the country.
In rock climbing, many popular crags are located in remote areas with regressive ideas about race.
How Outdoor Companies Can Back Up Their DEI Pledges | Kai Lightner | September 23, 2020 | Outside OnlineAfter a few days of riding, move north to Seneca Rocks, a 900-foot-tall crag that’s a hotbed of trad climbing.
At the present the crag-beds are the most interesting feature to the visitor, especially if he be of a geological turn.
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieIt was with great difficulty however that I clambered down the side of the crag, for the lava just there was porous and bubbly.
The White Man's Foot | Grant AllenI had fallen or rolled by stages the whole way down the crag, and was lying on my side on the Floor of the Hawaiians!
The White Man's Foot | Grant AllenOne crag rises to the height of about four hundred feet, with an almost perpendicular surface, sloping down to the lake below.
Stories of Heroic Deeds for Boys and Girls | James JohonnotPallastown had been like froth on a stone, a castle on a floating, golden crag.
The Planet Strappers | Raymond Zinke Gallun
British Dictionary definitions for crag (1 of 2)
/ (kræɡ) /
a steep rugged rock or peak
Origin of crag
1British Dictionary definitions for Crag (2 of 2)
/ (kræɡ) /
a formation of shelly sandstone in E England, deposited during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs
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