bowlder









bowlder


bowlder [bohl-der] Examples noun

  1. boulder.

boulder or bowl·der [bohl-der] noun

  1. a detached and rounded or worn rock, especially a large one.

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 Related formsboul·dered, adjectiveboul·der·y, adjectiveCan be confusedbolder boulderboulder cobblestone granule pebble rock stone Examples from the Web for bowlder Historical Examples of bowlder

  • It was like throwing pebbles at the bowlder in the Malad, the day before.

    Good Indian

    B. M. Bower

  • “Give Mrs. Bowlder my regards,” said the journalist, comprehending the symbolism.

    The Gentleman From Indiana

    Booth Tarkington

  • At that I looked to the other side of the bowlder, and there was my friend of the monkey jacket.

    Capt’n Davy’s Honeymoon

    Hall Caine

  • “I won’t waste any arrows on him,” said the boy on the top of the bowlder.

    Two Arrows

    William O. Stoddard

  • Already the bowlder had been pushed 371 out at the top many inches.

    Out of the Depths

    Robert Ames Bennet

  • British Dictionary definitions for bowlder boulder noun

    1. 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
    2. geology a rock fragment with a diameter greater than 256 mm and thus bigger than a cobble

    Derived Formsbouldery, adjectiveWord Origin for boulder C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish dialect bullersten, from Old Swedish bulder rumbling + sten stone Word Origin and History for bowlder boulder n.

    1670s, variant of Middle English bulder (c.1300), from a Scandinavian source akin to Swedish dialectal bullersten “noisy stone” (large stone in a stream, causing water to roar around it), from bullra “to roar” + sten “stone.” Or the first element might be from *buller- “round object,” from Proto-Germanic *bul-, from PIE *bhel- (2) “to inflate, swell” (see bole).

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