1
: a steep rugged rock or cliff
2
archaic
: a sharp detached fragment of rock
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Noun (1)
a menacing crag overhangs the hiking trail
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Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
All those records and tapes and spools and switches and knobs feel as much part of the landscape as the thistles, the moss, the crags, the forests.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
In the long-term, pick up on the patterns that dictate your crag conflicts.
—Lucie Hanes, Outside Online, 18 Jan. 2025
Across the city, five blazes—the Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth, Hurst, and Sunset fires—torched favorite trail systems and climbing crags, bike routes, and surf shops.
—Gavin Feek, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Mountaineering The greater Stockholm area is an urban rock climber’s playground, with granite crags everywhere — including Kanalklippan, a blasted rock face along the Danvik canal in the city center.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
All those records and tapes and spools and switches and knobs feel as much part of the landscape as the thistles, the moss, the crags, the forests.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
In the long-term, pick up on the patterns that dictate your crag conflicts.
—Lucie Hanes, Outside Online, 18 Jan. 2025
Across the city, five blazes—the Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth, Hurst, and Sunset fires—torched favorite trail systems and climbing crags, bike routes, and surf shops.
—Gavin Feek, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Crag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crag. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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