BOWLDER

boulder, bowlder

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

bowlder (plural bowlders)

Dated form of boulder.

Anagrams

• Bowdler, low-bred, lowbred

Source: Wiktionary

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