crag

See also: crág and crág-

English

Etymology 1

13th century, of Celtic origin; compare Scots craig, Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Welsh craig, Manx creg.

Alternative forms

• craig

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɹæɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

crag (plural crags)

A crag.

1. A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep rock or cliff.
   • Sir Walter Scott

     From crag to crag the signal flew.

2. A rough broken fragment of rock.
3. (geology) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age.

Derived terms

• cragfast
• craggy
• cragsman

Translations

a rocky outcrop

• Albanian: shkrep (sq) m, skërkë (sq) f
• Belarusian: скала́ f (skalá)
• Bulgarian: чукар (bg) m (čukar), канара (bg) f (kanara)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 峭壁 (zh) (qiàobì), 崖 (zh) (yá)

• Czech: útes (cs) m, převis (cs) m
• Finnish: kalliojyrkänne
• Galician: penedo m
• Georgian: კლდე (ḳlde)
• German: Felsen (de) m

• Greek:

  Ancient: κρημνός m (krēmnós)

• Italian: costone (it) m, dirupo (it) m, strapiombo (it) m, precipizio (it) m, bricco m, bric m
• Japanese: 巨岩 (ja) (きょがん, kyogan), 崖 (ja) (がけ, gake)
• Latin: scopulus m
• Polish: skała (pl) f
• Portuguese: rochedo (pt) m, penha (pt) m
• Russian: скала́ (ru) f (skalá), утёс (ru) m (utjós)
• Scottish Gaelic: creag f, carraig f
• Spanish: afloramiento rocoso m
• Ukrainian: ске́ля f (skélja)

Etymology 2

A variant of craw.

Noun

crag (plural crags)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) The neck or throat.

Anagrams

• CAGR