crag
1a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
Origin of crag
1Other words from crag
- craglike, adjective
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
Many of these waste ponds are perched perilously in mountainous crags above towns and even schools.
Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco Chronicle Mining Catastrophes in West Virginia | Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco | June 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was a mist in the ranges, and whichever way we headed we brought up on crags and precipices.
The Gold Trail | Harold BindlossThere are many old towns in Europe where you see feudal palaces perched on high hills or overhanging crags.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianBy day, we lay and slept in the drenching heather; by night, incessantly clambered upon breakneck hills and among rude crags.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonSo have I seen this grand law asserting the governance of its God in those Alpine crags on which the stars seem to pause.
The Quiver 3/1900 | Anonymous
In the clear water below these crags fish are so plentiful that whoever takes the trouble to cast is likely to reap a rich reward.
The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. Salmon
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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