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grike

Noun

Singular
grike

Plural
grikes

grike (plural grikes)

  1. (chiefly British) A deep cleft formed in limestone surfaces due to water erosion; providing a unique habitat for plants
    • 1922: He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a grike. — James Joyce, Ulysses
    • 1973: The Crag is a sort of crag-shaped feature of limestone, rich in minerals and seamed with crevasses or ‘grikes’ as they call them hereabouts. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don"t Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 157)

5 letters in word "grike": E G I K R.

No anagrams for grike found in this word list.

Words found within grike:

eik er erg erk gi gie ire irk keg keir kier kir re reg rei reik rig

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