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 Ultimately, the Clear Creek crags would only flirt with the wildfire. Hannah Provost, Outside Online, 26 Apr. 2025 In the relatively minor case of the Clear Creek crags in the burn zone of the Goltra Fire, the JCOS team asked an anonymous local route developer to do an unofficial evaluation of the hardware at the affected crags. Hannah Provost, Outside Online, 26 Apr. 2025 Slice and Dice is a 5.12 in Indian Creek on the Way Rambo crag. Maya Silver, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2025 Mount Lemmon, the tallest peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, is a premier climbing destination with more than 2,700 routes ranging from beginner-friendly crags to expert-level ascents. Visit Tucson, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crag
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Noun
  • Hours later, a woman died in a fall from the cliff in a separate incident, sheriff’s officials told news outlets.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2025
  • Taken in Madagascar at the end of the dry season, the courageous lemur risks a harrowing jump from a towering cliff to another -- carrying her baby along for the ride.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • As sunrise paints the rocks crimson only the call of baboons echoing between rocky escarpments punctuates the silence.
    Chloe Berge, Outside Online, 17 June 2025
  • Fun fact: The Pine Ridge is a 100-mile-long escarpment of sandstone bluffs and the main geologic feature of northwest Nebraska.
    Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 20 May 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 13 Jul. 2025.

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