crag

[ krag ]

/ kræg /

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noun

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

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Origin of crag

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

OTHER WORDS FROM crag

craglike, adjective

Other definitions for crag (2 of 2)

crag²

[ krag ]

/ kræg /

noun Scot. and North England.

the neck, throat, or craw.

Origin of crag

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

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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|DAILY BEAST
There was a mist in the ranges, and whichever way we headed we brought up on crags and precipices.
The Gold Trail|Harold Bindloss
There are many old towns in Europe where you see feudal palaces perched on high hills or overhanging crags.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
By 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 Stevenson

So 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)

crag

/ (kræɡ) /

noun

a steep rugged rock or peak

Word Origin for crag

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

British Dictionary definitions for crag (2 of 2)

Crag¹

/ (kræɡ) /

noun

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

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