crag
pronunciation
How to pronounce crag in British English:
UK [kræg]
How to pronounce crag in American English:
US [kræɡ]
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- Noun:
- a steep rugged rock or cliff
Word Origin
- crag (n.)
- early 14c.; as a place-name element attested from c. 1200, probably from a Celtic source akin to Old Irish crec "rock," and carrac "cliff," Welsh craig "rock, stone," Manx creg, Breton krag.
Example
- 1. They swarmed up the crag like ants .
- 2. Four members of a volunteer alpine rescue team called the hood river crag rats had spent the day descending lindsey creek .
- 3. You 're riding to the crag to negotiate a surrender ?
- 4. I trained my skills as best I could then went to the crag to see exactly what I had .
- 5. It is essentially a popular edition of story-telling with anecdotes of historical figures related to the novel red crag .