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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crag

/ˈkɹæɡ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.64 in modern English

Syllables
crag
IPA
/ˈkɹæɡ/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A rough, broken fragment of rock.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Pliocene to Pleistocene epochs.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A game played with three dice, similar to Yahtzee.

Uncountable

noun

The neck or throat.

Obsolete

name

A dice game similar to Yahtzee.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From 13th century Middle English crag, from Middle Irish crec, a contracted form of Middle Irish carrac (compare Irish creig, Scottish Gaelic creag), possibly ultimately from the late Proto-Indo-European/substrate *kar (“stone, hard”); see also Old Armenian քար (kʻar, “stone”), Sanskrit खर (khara, “hard, solid”), Welsh carreg (“stone”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: crag, crec, carrac, -

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkɹæɡ/
  • British English: /ˈkɹæɡ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

crags (plural) craig (alternative)

Derived Forms

cragbound cragfast cragged cragger craggy craglike cragsman cragswoman

Phrases

Crag Foot crag martin

Homonyms

Craig (æ-raising before /ɡ/)

Rhymes With

bag flag tag drag ag mag lag gag rag brag fag snag

Questions

How do you pronounce crag?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹæɡ/.
What does crag mean?
A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.
Where does crag come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce crag

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