crag
noun
[ kraɡ ]
• a steep or rugged cliff or rock face.
Similar:
cliff,
bluff,
ridge,
precipice,
rock face,
overhang,
height,
peak,
tor,
pinnacle,
promontory,
headland,
bank,
slope,
escarpment,
scarp,
eminence,
• a shelly sandstone occurring in eastern England.
Origin:
Middle English: of Celtic origin. crag (sense 2 of the noun), dating from the mid 18th century, may have been a different word originally.
