crag

as in cliff
a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice a menacing crag overhangs the hiking trail

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Recent Examples of crag Climbers also need to allow up to an hour for walking to the crag. Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025 Rebirth unfolds across a formidable, often beautiful landscape of crags, jungle, rivers and ruins, both modern and ancient. Tom Gliatto, People.com, 30 June 2025 The area has also become a hotbed of rock climbing, and the most popular crag for out-of-towners is Stone Fort, a bouldering area 20 miles north of downtown with 400 problems on high quality sandstone. Ryan Krogh, Outside Online, 3 June 2025 There are three crags, and the plan is to develop one at a time, says J.D. Borgeson, the coalition's treasurer. Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for crag
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Noun
  • And thanks to the towering cliffs that shield the shoreline from strong winds, the beaches often stay warm even as the air cools.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
  • These boulders, ranging in size from several meters to hundreds of meters and weighing up to a few tons, occasionally tumble down cliffs and crater walls, leaving bright tracks of disturbed lunar dust behind.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This park is all escarpments, rivers, and old forests.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • On the eastern side of the escarpment near Noto Canyon is a deposit of sediment reaching up to 800 meters thick.
    Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The palisade walls and structural support beams that hold up the fort are made to look like wood but are constructed of concrete.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
  • But what are the other buildings impacted by palisades fires?
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Crag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crag. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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