free climbing

noun

Rock climbing without the aid of ropes or other equipment, sometimes in an urban environment

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Meanings

nounfree climbing (uncountable)

alternative free-climbing · alternative freeclimbing

  1. uncountableclimbingRock climbing without the aid of ropes or other equipment, sometimes in an urban environment

Origin

From free + climbing.

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Translations

Finnish vapaakiipeily
  • vapaakiipeilyrock climbing without aid
French escalade libre
  • escalade librerock climbing without aid
German Freiklettern, Freeclimbing
  • Freikletternrock climbing without aid
  • Freeclimbingrock climbing without aid
Turkish serbest tırmanış
  • serbest tırmanışrock climbing without aid
Cite this entry
APA

free climbing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20climbing

MLA

“free climbing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20climbing. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “free climbing,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/free%20climbing.

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