crag

English

A crag.

Wikipedia

Etymology

Of uncertain Celtic origin; compare Scots craig, Scottish Gaelic creag, Irish creag, Welsh craig, Manx creg.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɹaɡ/, (RP) IPA^(key): /kræɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

crag (plural crags)

1. A rocky outcrop.
   • Sir Walter Scott

     From crag to crag the signal flew.

2. (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 m, skërkë 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

• Georgian: კლდე (klde)
• Italian: costone (it) m, dirupo (it) m, strapiombo m, precipizio m
• Japanese: 巨岩 (ja) (きょがん, kyogan), 崖 (ja) (がけ, gake)
• Portuguese: rochedo (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)

Anagrams

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