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dər noun
a detached and rounded or worn rock, especially a large one.
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boulder (ˈbəʊldə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | 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 |
| 2. | geology a rock fragment with a diameter greater than 256 mm and thus bigger than a cobble |
| [C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish dialect bullersten, from Old Swedish bulder rumbling + sten | |
| 'bouldery | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
boulder
1670s, variant of M.E. bulder (c.1300), from a Scandinavian source akin to Swed. dial. bullersten "noisy stone" (large stone in a stream, causing water to roar around it), from bullra "to roar" + sten "stone." Or the first element may be from *buller- "round object," from P.Gmc. *bul-, from PIE *bhel-
(2) "to inflate, swell" (see bole).
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Example sentences
Close to the end of the valley was a rise of boulders, down which a river tumbled.
Not unlike the loose chain-link fences sometimes seen along steep mountain roads that collect rolling boulders.
We took lots of pictures and looked at how huge the boulders were that they used to build the pyramids.
As you walk through the forest, notice many individual rounded boulders scattered everywhere.
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