Recent Examples on the WebOn one side of the road, boulders, trees and cars are strewn over a large, muddy stretch of land that used to be a village of about 100 people.—Emmanuel Igunza, NPR, 10 May 2024 Both Peraza and Prado were ejected from the motorcycle, causing Prado and the motorcycle to crash into a boulder.—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 May 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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