Thesaurus: crag
A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge.
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Definitions
- n. A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge.
- n. A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age.
- n. The neck or throat
- n. The neck piece or scrag of mutton.
- n. a steep rugged rock or cliff
- 1. A steep, rugged rock; a cough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge. From crag to crag the signal fiew. Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age. 1. The neck or throat [Obs.] And bear the crag so stiff and so state. Spenser. 2. The neck piece or scrag of mutton. Johnson.
- A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of theTertiary age.
- n:100 n. a steep rugged rock or cliff