BOULDER

Boulder

(noun) a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town

boulder, bowlder

(noun) a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

boulder (plural boulders)

A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.

(geology) A particle greater than 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

A large marble, in children's games.

(climbing) A session of bouldering; involvement in bouldering.

Verb

boulder (third-person singular simple present boulders, present participle bouldering, simple past and past participle bouldered)

(climbing) To engage in bouldering.

Anagrams

• doubler

Proper noun

Boulder

A town in Western Australia, merged with Kalgoorlie in 1989.

A home rule municipality, the county seat of Boulder County, Colorado, United States.

An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Illinois, United States.

A town, the county seat of Jefferson County, Montana, United States.

A small town in Garfield County, Utah, United States.

An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States.

A census-designated place in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States.

Anagrams

• doubler

Source: Wiktionary

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Boul"der, n.

Definition: Same as Bowlder.

Bowl"der, Boul"der, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. bullra to roar, rattle, Dan. buldre, dial. Sw. bullersteen larger kind of pebbles; perh. akin to E. bellow.]

1. A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble.

2. (Geol.)

Definition: A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See Drift. Bowlder clay, the unstratified clay deposit of the Glacial or Drift epoch, often containing large numbers of bowlders.

– Bowlder wall, a wall constructed of large stones or bowlders.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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