crag

¹

[ krag ]

noun

1. a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.

crag

²

[ krag ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. the neck, throat, or craw.

crag

¹

/ kræɡ /

noun

1. a steep rugged rock or peak

Crag

²

/ kræɡ /

noun

1. a formation of shelly sandstone in E England, deposited during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs

Other Words From

• craglike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of crag¹

1275–1325; Middle English < British Celtic; akin to Welsh craig rock

Origin of crag²

1425–75; late Middle English cragge < Middle Dutch crage neck, throat; cognate with German Kragen collar; craw

Word History and Origins

Origin of crag¹

C13: of Celtic origin; related to Old Welsh creik rock

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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I’d been hearing about jammed trailheads and overcrowding at crags across the country.

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In rock climbing, many popular crags are located in remote areas with regressive ideas about race.

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After a few days of riding, move north to Seneca Rocks, a 900-foot-tall crag that’s a hotbed of trad climbing.

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At the present the crag-beds are the most interesting feature to the visitor, especially if he be of a geological turn.

From Project Gutenberg

It was with great difficulty however that I clambered down the side of the crag, for the lava just there was porous and bubbly.

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I had fallen or rolled by stages the whole way down the crag, and was lying on my side on the Floor of the Hawaiians!

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One crag rises to the height of about four hundred feet, with an almost perpendicular surface, sloping down to the lake below.

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Pallastown had been like froth on a stone, a castle on a floating, golden crag.

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Related Words

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