boulder
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- noun
- /ˈboʊldər/
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peñasco
- What was left was a giant pit littered with boulders, void of all life.
- strewn with boulders
- mounds or boulders
- granite boulder
We're going to teach you, Marcus how to set boulders, so stay tuned.
- We're going to teach you, Marcus how to set boulders, so stay tuned.
- It is easier to set down a boulder than it is to carry it forever.
- Like it's this big boulder and you've been pushing it.
- He brings, he could just bring boulders in from outside and they're just giant cold sinks, right?
- Yes, up and down boulders and and scree and all that kind of stuff.
- It's like dropping a huge yeah bag of boulders on top of it.
Examples
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That is a nice boulder.
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And then I came up to the boulders and I looked down and this is what I saw.
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And he put this sign on the boulder and then he went.
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Think you can crush a boulder bigger than the one I crushed?
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I turned and saw this boulder, a huge one, filling up nearly the entire shaft.
Fiction book (1991) -
It is easier to set down a boulder than it is to carry it forever.
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We approached an enclave of massive boulders that surrounded a small pool of dark, still water.
Fiction book (1991) -
I leaned against the cool flank of a boulder and fanned myself with my hat.
Fiction book (1990) -
Rocky ridges surrounded the small camp, boulders jutting high into the cold night air.
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The hikers stopped to rest beside a massive boulder that shaded them from the sun.
Synonyms
A very large smooth rounded rock separate from the rock around it
A large rock moved by a glacier far from where it came
A large rock left by a glacier far from where it came
A large rock that a river moves and leaves in its bed or on its bank
A large rock on a shore moved from far away by waves or ice
Compounds
- Specialized
A fern with pale green leaves that smells like hay and grows in eastern North America
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Boulder comes from older words that meant 'a large, round stone'. Picture one huge rock sitting alone and blocking a path, and you can see why boulder means a very large, rounded mass of rock.