crag

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US, UK/ˈkɹæɡ/US, UK[ˈkʰɹ̠ʷæɡ]British, Midlands, Northern England, Southern, Standard/ˈkɹaɡ/British, Midlands, Northern England, Southern, Standard[ˈkʰɹ̠ʷaɡ]

noun

A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

crag1

nouncrag (countable and uncountable, plural crags)

plural crags · alternative craig

  1. Northern EnglandcountableuncountableA rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

    Break, break, break, / At the foot of thy crags, O Sea! / But the tender grace of a day that is dead / Will never come back to me.

    1835, Alfred Tennyson, “‘Break, Break, Break’”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, stanza 3, page 229
    1 more example

    "Have, then, thy wish!"—he whistled shrill, / And he was answered from the hill; / Wild as the scream of the curlieu, / From crag to crag the signal flew.

    1810, Walter Scott, “Canto V. The Combat.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, stanza IX, page 202
  2. countableuncountableA rough, broken fragment of rock.
  3. countableuncountablegeographyA partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Pliocene to Pleistocene epochs.
  4. uncountableA game played with three dice, similar to Yahtzee.

crag2

nouncrag (plural crags)

plural crags

  1. dialectalobsoleteThe neck or throat.

Crag3

proper noun

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

crag · noun

  1. Middle Irishcarrac
  2. Middle Irishcrec
  3. Middle Englishcrag
  4. Englishcrag

From 13th century Middle English crag, from Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Middle Irish carrac (compare Irish creig, Scottish Gaelic creag), possibly ultimately from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek κρημνός, ἐρίπνη
  • κρημνός (krēmnós)rocky outcrop
  • ἐρίπνη (erípnē)rocky outcrop
Arabic جُرْفٌ
  • جُرْفٌ (jurfun)rocky outcrop
Bulgarian чукар, канара
  • чукар (čukar)rocky outcrop
  • канара (kanara)rocky outcrop
Chinese Mandarin 峭壁, 崖
  • 峭壁 (qiàobì)rocky outcrop
  • 崖 (yá)rocky outcrop
Czech útes, převis
  • útesrocky outcrop
  • převisrocky outcrop
  • skaliskorocky outcrop
  • skalní věžrocky outcrop
Finnish kalliojyrkänne
  • kalliojyrkännerocky outcrop
French affleurement, éperon rocheux
  • affleurementrocky outcrop
  • éperon rocheuxrocky outcrop
German Felsen
  • Felsenrocky outcrop
Hungarian szirt, kőszirt
  • szirtrocky outcrop
  • kőszirtrocky outcrop
  • sziklarocky outcrop
  • sziklaoromrocky outcrop
  • bércrocky outcrop
  • sziklabércrocky outcrop
  • sziklafokrocky outcrop
Irish creig
  • creigrocky outcrop
Italian costone, dirupo
  • costonerocky outcrop
  • diruporocky outcrop
  • strapiomborocky outcrop
  • precipiziorocky outcrop
  • briccorocky outcrop
  • bricrocky outcrop
  • falesiarocky outcrop
Japanese 巨岩, 崖
  • 巨岩 (kyogan)rocky outcrop
  • 崖 (gake)rocky outcrop
Latin scopulus
  • scopulusrocky outcrop
Polish skała, grań
  • skałarocky outcrop
  • grańrocky outcrop
Portuguese rochedo, penha
  • rochedorocky outcrop
  • penharocky outcrop
Russian скала́, утёс
  • скала́ (skalá)rocky outcrop
  • утёс (utjós)rocky outcrop
Scottish Gaelic creag, carraig
  • creagrocky outcrop
  • carraigrocky outcrop
Spanish afloramiento rocoso, peñón
  • afloramiento rocosorocky outcrop
  • peñónrocky outcrop
  • despeñaderorocky outcrop
  • riscorocky outcrop
Ukrainian ске́ля
  • ске́ля (skélja)rocky outcrop

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with crag

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Sounds the same

Craig (/æ/ raising before /ɡ/)Craig (/æ/ raising before /ɡ/)
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APA

crag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crag

MLA

“crag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crag. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crag,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crag.

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