boulder
or bowl·der
a detached and rounded or worn rock, especially a large one.
Origin of boulder
1Other words from boulder
- bouldered, adjective
- boul·der·y, adjective
Words that may be confused with boulder
Words Nearby boulder
Other definitions for Boulder (2 of 2)
a city in N Colorado.
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How to use boulder in a sentence
[Tatum laughs] Like I found the three other artsy goth kids at boulder and hung out with them.
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill on ‘22 Jump Street,’ Penis Kissing, and Julie Andrews’s Boobs | Kevin Fallon | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI did one semester at boulder, which was more a stereotypical, American collegiate experience.
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill on ‘22 Jump Street,’ Penis Kissing, and Julie Andrews’s Boobs | Kevin Fallon | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut even at boulder I found the artsy kids and hung out with them.
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill on ‘22 Jump Street,’ Penis Kissing, and Julie Andrews’s Boobs | Kevin Fallon | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTboulder was attractive because "it's beautiful and peaceful and people are nice—the opposite of New York—and my mother's there."
Talia Eisenberg is a self-described former New York “party girl” who moved to boulder Colorado to get healthy.
E-Cigarettes, Facing Ban, Still Figuring Out What They Want to Be | Alex Halperin | December 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
On the opposite side of the stream, set back about thirty paces from the brink, stood a granite boulder.
Uncanny Tales | VariousAt the far end we made a little fire and lay round it in the shadow of a big boulder.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon Blackwoodboulder beaches are so quick in answering to every slight change in the conditions which affect them that they seem almost alive.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerThe cutting is not altogether in the fixed material, for the boulder itself is also worn and scored in the work.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerHere and there we will find a boulder perched on a pedestal of ice, which indicates a recent down-wearing of the field.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
British Dictionary definitions for boulder
/ (ˈbəʊldə) /
a smooth rounded mass of rock that has a diameter greater than 25cm and that has been shaped by erosion and transported by ice or water from its original position
geology a rock fragment with a diameter greater than 256 mm and thus bigger than a cobble
Origin of boulder
1Derived forms of boulder
- bouldery, adjective
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