crag

Meaning

1. A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
2. A rough, broken fragment of rock.
3. A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Pliocene to Pleistocene epochs.
4. 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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹæɡ/

Etymology

From 13th century Middle English crag, from Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Old Irish carrac (compare Irish creig, Scottish Gaelic creag), possibly ultimately from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).