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Plural of boulder

regular plural

The plural of boulder is boulders.

Forms of boulder

Singularboulder /ˈbəʊl.də(ɹ)/
Pluralboulders
Countablecountable

Boulders in a sentence

  • There were four sizes of marbles and we called them boulders, biggies, regulars, and teenies.2006, Carol Benson, The Old Lonesome, page 84
  • I longed to be part of the over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder club, if only I had boulders to hold!2005, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen, Chicken soup for the girl's soul, page 261. From the entry over-the-shoulder boulder holder
  • Wills does not just climb cliffs or scramble over boulders; he negotiates "schistaceous gneiss."1999, Richard Bevis, Road to Egdon Heath: The Aesthetics of the Great in Nature, page 243. From the entry schistaceous
  • A lyrebird strolled past me on its large feet, among the granite boulders.1983, Helen Garner, Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I, Text Publishing, published 2022, page 66. From the entry lyrebird
  • This is set in a socket and is packed with boulders.1973, Glyn Daniel, Poul Kjaerum, Megalithic Graves and Ritual, page 138. From the entry kerb stone

Meaning of boulder

  1. noun A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
  2. noun A particle greater than 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
  3. noun A large marble, in children's games.

Full definition of boulder

Questions about the plural of boulder

What is the plural of boulder?
The plural of boulder is boulders.
Is boulder countable?
Boulder is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boulder (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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