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Definition of BOULDER

Boulder
Bowlder Bowl"der, Boulder Boul"der, n. [Cf. Sw. bullra to roar, rattle, Dan. buldre, dial. Sw. bullersteen larger kind of pebbles; perh. akin to E. bellow.] 1. A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble. 2. (Geol.) A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See Drift. Bowlder clay, the unstratified clay deposit of the Glacial or Drift epoch, often containing large numbers of bowlders. Bowlder wall, a wall constructed of large stones or bowlders.
Boulder
Boulder Boul"der (b[=o]l"d[~e]r), n. Same as Bowlder.

Meaning of BOULDER from wikipedia

- In geology, a boulder (or rarely bowlder) is a rock fragment with size greater than 25.6 cm (10.1 in) in diameter. Smaller pieces are called cobbles and...
- Boulder is the home rule city that is the seat of Boulder County, Colorado, United States. With a po****tion of 108,250 at the 2020 census, it is the...
- Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or harnesses. While...
- Boulder River may refer to: The Boulder River (southwestern Montana), a tributary of the Jefferson River in Jefferson County, southwestern Montana in...
- Boulder Dash may refer to: Boulder Dash (video game), a 1984 video game Boulder Dash (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster Balderdash (disambiguation)...
- Look up boulder in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A boulder is a large rock. Boulder may also refer to: Boulder, Western Australia Electoral district...
- The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1876,...
- Continental Divide of the Americas at the crest of the Front Range southwest of Boulder and is located approximately five miles east and opposite the resort in...
- Boulder Cr**** may refer to: Boulder Cr****, Queensland, a locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland Boulder Cr**** (British Columbia), a cr**** located...
- administration named it Boulder Dam. In 1947, Congress restored the name Hoover Dam. Since about 1900, the Black Canyon and nearby Boulder Canyon had been investigated...