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

crag

²

/ kræɡ /

noun

1. a steep rugged rock or peak

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

Images from the scene showed a steep crag overlooking the riverbed where searchers were scrambling over boulders.

From Seattle Times

A climber was airlifted to hospital after slipping and falling from a crag in Derbyshire.

From BBC

The mountain rescue team said the man was stretchered to the top of the crag and collected by the air ambulance.

From BBC

“Index closely approximates what you would find on some of the biggest mountains in the world,” said Washington Climbers Coalition communications director Chris Kalman, author of “The Index Town Walls: A Guide to Washington’s Finest Crag.”

From Seattle Times

“This is a really important crag not just in Washington but in the U.S.”

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• alp
• bluff
• butte
• cliff
• crag
• elevation
• eminence
• height
• mesa
• mount
• palisade
• peak
• pike
• precipice
• range
• ridge
• sierra
• tor
• volcano