crag

Meaning

1. (Northern-England, countable, uncountable) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
2. (countable, uncountable) A rough, broken fragment of rock.
3. (countable, uncountable) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Pliocene to Pleistocene epochs.
4. (uncountable) A game played with three dice, similar to Yahtzee.

Synonyms

cliff

rock

🪨

precipice

rock face

mountain

⛰️

boulder

scarp

bluff

steep

huge rock

jutting rock

clogwyn

crags

foreland

headland

knag

ledge

ness

shelving

Translations

dirupo

Klippe

klip

risco

peña

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falaise

acantilado

faraglione

balzo

scoglio

rupe

balza

Kliff

rocher

🪨

rocher escarpé

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹæɡ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: crag

Cognate with Irish: creig

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic: creag

Cognate with Classical Armenian: քար

Cognate with Sanskrit: खर

Cognate with Welsh: carreg

In summary

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 [Term?] (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).