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" Boulder was my U.S. base for the better part of 20 years, and it will always have a special place in my heart."
Tyler Hamilton

Meaning of "boulder" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BOULDER

Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish dialect bullersten, from Old Swedish bulder rumbling + stenstone.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BOULDER

ˈbəʊldə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOULDER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Boulder is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOULDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Boulder

In geology, a boulder is a rock with grain size of usually no less than 30 centimetres diameter. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive. In common usage, a boulder is too large for a person to move. Smaller boulders are usually just called rocks or stones. The word boulder is short for boulder stone, from Middle English bulderston or Swedish bullersten. In places covered by ice sheets during Ice Ages, such as Scandinavia, northern North America, and Russia, glacial erratics are common. Erratics are boulders picked up by the ice sheet during its advance, and deposited during its retreat. They are called "erratic" because they typically are of a different rock type than the bedrock on which they are deposited. One of them is used as the pedestal of the Bronze Horseman in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Some noted rock formations involve giant boulders exposed by erosion, such as the Devil's Marbles in Australia's Northern Territory, the Horeke basalts in New Zealand, where an entire valley contains only boulders, and The Baths on the island of Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands.

Definition of boulder in the English dictionary

The definition of boulder in the dictionary is 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. Other definition of boulder is a rock fragment with a diameter greater than 256 mm and thus bigger than a cobble.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOULDER

beholder · cardholder · cold-shoulder · folder · holder · householder · Iseult · jobholder · off-the-shoulder · older · penholder · placeholder · polder · shareholder · shoulder · smoulder · stakeholder · stockholder · titleholder · upholder

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOULDER

boulder clay · Boulder Dam · boulderer · bouldering · bouldery · boule · boules · boulevard · boulevardier · bouleversement · Boulez · boulle · boullework · Boulogne · Boulogne-Billancourt · Boulogne-sur-Mer · Boulogne-sur-Seine · boult · boulter

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOULDER

alder · asmoulder · bodybuilder · builder · cold shoulder · cover-shoulder · elder · foulder · frozen shoulder · give someone the cold shoulder · guilder · hard shoulder · have a chip on one´s shoulder · in the eye of the beholder · moulder · season ticket holder · shoulder to shoulder · soft shoulder · the cold shoulder · wilder

Synonyms and antonyms of boulder in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BOULDER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «boulder» and belong to the same grammatical category.
rock · stone

Translation of «boulder» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOULDER

Find out the translation of boulder to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of boulder from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «boulder» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

圆形巨石
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

canto rodado
570 millions of speakers
en

English

boulder
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बोल्डर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جلمود
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

валун
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

pedregulho
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

নুড়ি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

gros rocher
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Batu
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Felsblock
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

大きな丸石
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

바위
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Watu gedhe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đá cuội
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பாறாங்கல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बोल्डर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

aşınmış kaya parçası
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

masso
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

głaz
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

валун
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

bolovan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ογκόλιθος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rots
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stenblock
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kampestein
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of boulder

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOULDER»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of boulder
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «boulder».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about boulder

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7 QUOTES WITH «BOULDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word boulder.
1
Vint Cerf
At some point, you can't lift this boulder with just your own strength. And if you find that you need to move bigger and bigger boulders up hills, you will need more and more help.
2
Tyler Hamilton
Boulder was my U.S. base for the better part of 20 years, and it will always have a special place in my heart.
3
Don Kardong
The toughest trail I ever ran was the Escarpment in the Catskills of New York State. This was an 18-mile race through Rip Van Winkle country, routed through boulder fields, across angular juttings of granite and along a path with an unrelenting barrage of roots, rocks and mud, all of it hidden under slick leaves and dangling nettles.
4
Rob Lowe
I had had some successes in the '90s, always made money, but the truth was I was like a man pushing a boulder up a hill. A huge, heavy, difficult boulder made up of some career mistakes, projects that didn't meet expectations, and twenty years of being a known quantity.
5
John O'Donohue
I believe that our friends among the dead really mind us and look out for us. Often there might be a big boulder of misery over your path about to fall on you, but your friends among the dead hold it back until you have passed by.
6
Carl Sandburg
Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split one boulder.
7
John Schneider
Passion is different than desire. People that are successful recognize passion. You have to be willing to work at it. I love the image of pushing a boulder uphill - it will flourish you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOULDER»

Discover the use of boulder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to boulder and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sisyphus's Boulder: Consciousness and the Limits of the Knowable
In Sisyphus's Boulder, Eric Dietrich and Valerie Hardcastle argue that we will never get such a theory because consciousness has an essential property that prevents it from ever being explained.
Eric Dietrich, Valerie Gray Hardcastle, 2004
2
Only in Boulder: The County's Colorful Characters
This selected collection of her columns brings to life some of Boulder’s most memorable and unique visitors, residents, activists, artists and entrepreneurs.
Silvia Pettem, 2011
3
Boulder: evolution of a city
Updated with ninety new photographs and revised text, this lively history of Boulder, Colorado, discusses key people and events and traces culture, architecture, urban development, industry, and more over a century.
Silvia Pettem, 2006
4
Around Boulder City
The original planners of Boulder City, Nevada, did not expect that the community of workers and engineers would outlast the construction of the great Hoover Dam.
Cheryl Ferrence, 2008
5
Boulder, 1859-1919
Born out of the 1859 Pikes Peak gold rush, Boulder sits along the Front Range where the Rocky Mountains meet the plains.
Mona Lambrecht, 2008
6
Best Boulder Region Hiking Trails
At the foot of the Rocky Mountains, Boulder enjoys much of the best scenic hiking in the state.
Bette Erickson, 2005
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Best of Boulder Bouldering
Formerly "Front Range Bouldering: Boulder Area," this book has been completely updated and reformatted to make finding the best local bouldering easier than ever.
Bob Horan, 2000
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Boulder Dam
Suddenly, he finds himself threatened by a pack of ruthless gangsters with a vicious plan to blow up the dam! There will be feats of heroism and periods of exhaustion in the creation of the Boulder Dam.
Zane Grey, 2011
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60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder: Including ...
Deciding to go hiking in Colorado can be a little like going to the grocery store without a grocery list. With so many options in our area, this book provides a great checklist by which to organzie a summer's worth of outdoor activities.
Kim Lipker, 2010
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Best Hikes Near Denver and Boulder
HIKE INFORMATION Local Information: Boulder Colorado Convention and Visitors Bureau; (303) 4422911,(800)444-0447;www.bouldercoloradousa.com Boulder Chamber of Commerce; (303) 442-1 044; www.boulderchamber.com Local ...
Maryann Gaug, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOULDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term boulder is used in the context of the following news items.
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Boulder County gets a break from summer heat
Boulder County got a post-Fourth of July break from hot daytime temperatures on Monday, with occasional morning drizzles and forecast highs ... «Boulder Daily Camera, Jul 15»
2
Movies in the Park debut in Boulder Wednesday; return to …
This year, Boulder movies have been added, including a July 22 showing of "Jaws" at the Scott Carpenter Pool, presented in partnership with ... «Broomfield Enterprise, Jul 15»
3
Boulder ad agency piece wins spot in Smithsonian
Morgan Young, owner of Young Ideas ad agency, works on his laptop on Monday at The Candy Shop co-op work space in Boulder. (Jeremy ... «Boulder Daily Camera, Jul 15»
4
Boulder County considers plan for Allenspark productions
On Tuesday morning , Boulder County commissioners are to consider whether to allow the indoor theatrical productions — with up to 130 ... «Longmont Times-Call, Jul 15»
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Fourth of July
Malin Little, 5, had the appropriate glasses, clothes and ball to celebrate the Fourth of July at the Boulder Reservoir. For more photos and a ... «Boulder Daily Camera, Jul 15»
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Multiple fires in Pemberton continue to burn
In total, three different large fires in the Boulder Wildfire Complex exploded in growth over the last 24 hours, growing by over ten times in size. «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
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Boulder City space pen company has made a mark on history
Tucked in a corner of Boulder City near the State Veterans Home, Fisher Space Pen has been patenting space-ready pens since 1965. «Las Vegas Sun, Jul 15»
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16 things to do today, July 6, in Boulder County
All day, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder; free; ... 7:30 p.m., Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder; $6-$12; ... «Boulder Daily Camera, Jul 15»
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Boulder-linked New Horizons spacecraft ready for Pluto after glitch
Alan Stern, New Horizons' principal investigator at the Boulder-based Planetary Science Directorate of the Southwest Research Institute, ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
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Heck yeah, we're from Boulder: Kindara
Welcome to our feature highlighting the numerous Colorado tech companies that make cool stuff. These little snippets are intended for readers ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
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