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free climbing

free climbing noun: rock climbing without the aid of ropes or other equipment, sometimes in an urban environment.

Noun

free climbing (uncountable)

  1. Rock climbing without the aid of ropes or other equipment, sometimes in an urban environment

Forms of free climbing

alternative formfree-climbing
alternative formfreeclimbing

Origin of free climbing

From free + climbing.

Questions about free climbing

What does free climbing mean?
Free climbing means rock climbing without the aid of ropes or other equipment, sometimes in an urban environment.
What part of speech is free climbing?
Free climbing is a noun.

Words near free climbing in the dictionary

  1. free city
  2. Free City of Danzig
  3. Free City of Tri-Insula
  4. free climber
  5. free climbers
  6. free climbing
  7. free clinic
  8. free clinics
  9. free clothes association
  10. free coinage
  11. free communism

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