boulder
Plural: boulders
Noun
- A large, detached rock, typically rounded by weathering.
- a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
- a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town
- A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
- A particle greater than 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
- A large marble, in children's games.
- A session of bouldering; involvement in bouldering.
Verb
- To engage in bouldering.
Examples
- He managed to play BOULDER, a solid five-letter word, right over a triple word score.
Origin / Etymology
From late Middle English bulder, short for Middle English bulder ston (“a stone that's been worn into a round shape, boulder, cobblestone”), possibly from Old Swedish *buldersten, itself possibly from Old Swedish bulder (“rumble, noise”) + sten (“stone”); whence dialectal Swedish bullersten (“large stone in a stream, causing water to roar around it”). The first element may alternatively be allied to Old Swedish bulle, bolle (“round drinking vessel, tumbler”), from Old Norse bolli, related to Old English bolla (“round object, bowl”), see English bowl.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
boulder: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordboulder: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
boulder: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
boulder: valid Words With Friends Word