Boulder

Quick meaning: Boulder is a noun meaning A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.

Meaning

A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.

More Meanings

1. (geology) A particle greater than 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
2. A large marble, in children's games.
3. (climbing) A session of bouldering; involvement in bouldering.
4. (climbing, ambitransitive) To engage in bouldering.

Example Sentences

There's even old climbing hardware in it because people bouldered on it for years.

There were four sizes of marbles and we called them boulders, biggies, regulars, and teenies.

He bouldered a route in the same area with ease. Mitchell, 11, was hanging with the older kids in an area where bouldering nearly upside down seemed to be.

As the week unfolded, we were taught about the equipment we needed, how to tie a rope and what to wear. We learnt to balance on our feet rather than cling on with our arms and to trust our rock shoes, the moulded rubber slippers that can grip the smoothest of surfaces. We abseiled, bouldered and belayed.

Word Forms

• boulders
• bouldering
• bouldered

Synonyms for boulder

Depending on context, synonyms include bowlder.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bowlder, stone, rock, cave, cliff, block.

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