boulder
UK/ˈbəʊl.də(ɹ)//ˈboʊl.dɚ/
boulder noun: a large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
Noun
boulder (plural boulders)
- A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
- A particle greater than 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- A large marble, in children's games.
- There were four sizes of marbles and we called them boulders, biggies, regulars, and teenies.2006, Carol Benson, The Old Lonesome, page 84
- A session of bouldering; involvement in bouldering.
Verb
boulder (third-person singular simple present boulders, present participle bouldering, simple past and past participle bouldered)
- To engage in bouldering.
- He bouldered a route in the same area with ease. Mitchell, 11, was hanging with the older kids in an area where bouldering nearly upside down seemed to be....2005 November 18, “The ties that bind ..., ... and prevent falls have become family unifier in rock climbing”, in Salt Lake Tribune
- As the week unfolded, we were taught about the equipment we needed, how to tie a rope and what to wear. We learnt to balance on our feet rather than cling on with our arms and to trust our rock shoes, the moulded rubber slippers that can grip the smoothest of surfaces. We abseiled, bouldered and...2006 July 18, Tony Durrant, “The steep learning curve”, in telegraph.co.uk
Proper noun capitalized: Boulder
Boulder
- A town in Western Australia, merged with Kalgoorlie in 1989 as the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
- 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.
boulder meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
boulder in Hindi
- large mass of stone
- पत्थर patthar
boulder in Tamil
- கற்பாறை, துறுகல், கண்டகல், பாறாங்கல், கூழாங்கற் பாறை, திரளைப்பாறை
boulder in Urdu
- چٹان
boulder in Bengali
- নুড়ি
More languagesFewer languages
- boulder in Telugu
- కల్లుగుండు kalluguṇḍu
- boulder in Malayalam
- പാറക്കല്ല്
- boulder in Kannada
- ಬಂಡೆ baṇḍe
- boulder in Punjabi
- ਬੋਲਡਰ, ਬੱਲਡਰ, ਬੋਲਡਰ ਤੱਕ
- boulder in Nepali
- बोल्डर
- boulder in Indonesian
- batu longsor
Examples of boulder in a sentence
- The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
- She managed to anhyzer the disc around the boulder to make the putt for a birdie.
- The child was too weak to move the boulder.
Forms of boulder
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | boulders |
| alternative form (archaic) | bowlder |
| alternative form (obsolete) | bulder |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | boulders |
| present participle | bouldering |
| past participle | bouldered |
| past | bouldered |
Origin of boulder
From late Middle English bulder, short for Middle English bulder ston (“a stone that's been worn into a round shape, boulder, cobblestone”), possibly from Old Swedish *buldersten, itself possibly from Old Swedish bulder (“rumble, noise”) + sten (“stone”); whence dialectal Swedish bullersten (“large stone in a stream, causing water to roar around it”). The first element may alternatively be allied to Old Swedish bulle, bolle (“round drinking vessel, tumbler”), from Old Norse bolli, related to Old English bolla (“round object, bowl”), see English bowl.
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Questions about boulder
- What does boulder mean?
- Boulder means a large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
- What is boulder in Hindi?
- Boulder in Hindi is पत्थर (patthar). See Boulder meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is boulder?
- Boulder can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce boulder?
- Boulder is pronounced /ˈbəʊl.də(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of boulder?
- The plural of boulder is boulders.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: boulder (page history and authors); Boulder (page history and authors); boulder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boulder (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boulder (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కల్లుగుండు (Telugu) (page history and authors); boulder (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boulder (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boulder (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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