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bowl⋅der

  [bohl-der]
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–noun
boulder.

boul⋅der

  [bohl-der]
–noun
a detached and rounded or worn rock, esp. a large one.
Also, bowlder.

Origin:
1610–20; short for boulder stone; ME bulderston < Scand; cf. dial. Sw bullersten big stone (in a stream), equiv. to buller rumbling noise (< OSw bulder) + sten stone

Related forms:
bouldered, adjective
boul⋅der⋅y, adjective
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boul·der also bowl·der   (bōl'dər)   
n.  A large rounded mass of rock lying on the surface of the ground or embedded in the soil.

[Middle English bulder, of Scandinavian origin; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
bowl·der   (bōl'dər)   
n.  Variant of boulder.
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Word Origin & History

boulder 
1677, variant of M.E. bulder (c.1300), from a Scand. source akin to Sw. 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- "to inflate, swell" (see bole).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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