Recent Examples on the WebSome boulders are decorated with petroglyphs older than all of our leading presidential candidates put together.—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024 Big rock boulders placed down by Orange County Transporation Authority line the beach in San Clemente, where the rail line is at risk from the sea.—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024 In a brief hiccup in the weather, the sun comes out from behind a moving boulder of black clouds, and its warmth is regenerative.—Emily Zebel, Longreads, 23 May 2024 While in that part of the state, Hendricks donned a wetsuit and went underwater to capture life in the Savage River — a brook trout foraging among boulders for aquatic insects; minnows devouring a caterpillar; a wood turtle, a crayfish and the large salamander known as the Eastern hellbender.—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for boulder
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Word History
Etymology
short for boulder stone, from Middle English bulder ston, partial translation of a word of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialect bullersten large stone in a stream, from buller noise + sten stone
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