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Definitions for Boulder
[1] a detached and rounded or worn rock, especially a large one.
[2] a city in N Colorado.
[3] 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
[4] geology a rock fragment with a diameter greater than 256 mm and thus bigger than a cobble
Words related to Boulder
metal, rubble, lava, earth, gravel, slab, plate, stone, slice, ingot, wedge, rod, lump, hunk, strip, piece, crystal, grain, rock, gem
Words nearby Boulder
bouillotte table, boulanger, boulangerie, boulangerite, boulangism, boulder, boulder canyon, boulder clay, boulder dam, bouldering, boule
Origin of Boulder
1610–20; short for boulder stone; Middle English bulderston < Scandinavian; compare dialectal Swedish bullersten big stone (in a stream), equivalent to buller rumbling noise (< Old Swedish bulder ) + sten stone
Words that may be confused with Boulder
bolder, boulder, boulder, cobblestone, granule, pebble, rock, stone
Other words from Boulder
boul·dered , adjective
boul·der·y , adjective
Word origin for Boulder
C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish dialect bullersten , from Old Swedish bulder rumbling + sten stone
Synonyms for Boulder
earth, gravel, lava, metal, rubble, slab, bedrock, cobblestone, crag, crust, lodge, mass, mineral, ore, pebble, promontory, quarry, reef, shelf, slag