Meanings
crag1
plural crags · alternative craig
- 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 2291 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 - uncountableA game played with three dice, similar to Yahtzee.
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Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
crag · noun
- Middle Irishcarrac
- Middle Irishcrec
- Middle Englishcrag
- 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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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
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Cite this entry
crag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crag
“crag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crag. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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