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boulders

boulders is the plural of boulder.

Meaning of boulder

Noun

boulder (plural boulders)

  1. A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
  2. A particle greater than 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
  3. 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
  4. A session of bouldering; involvement in bouldering.

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Phrases with boulders

Questions about boulders

What is boulders the plural of?
Boulders is the plural of boulder.

Words near boulders in the dictionary

  1. Boulderite
  2. Boulderites
  3. boulderless
  4. boulderlike
  5. boulderous
  6. boulders
  7. boulderstone
  8. boulderstones
  9. bouldery
  10. Bouldin
  11. Bouldins

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