Crag

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  • noun. A steep rugged mass of rock projecting upward or outward.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The neck; the throat; the scrag.
  • noun. The craw.
  • noun. A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken rock, or projecting part of a rock.
  • noun. In geology, certain strata of Pliocene age occurring in the southeastern counties of England.
  • noun. undefined
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge.
  • noun. A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age.
  • noun. The neck or throat.
  • noun. The neck piece or scrag of mutton.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A rocky outcrop.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a steep rugged rock or cliff
  • Word Usage
    "The music and musicians at Zakopane's second annual On The Heights chamber music festival were intoxicating, the weather was so free of clouds that you could see the great mountain crag that towers 2000 meters above the city, reachable only by ski lift, cable car and climbers."
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    cliff  drop  drop-off  
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    bluff  boulder  cliff  dune  foothill  
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