Recent Examples on the WebOn a scorching September afternoon, an Orange County public works crew moving boulders with heavy machinery sparked a brush fire.—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024 Eagles look on from the trees overhead as the river thunders around boulders nearby.—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024 An 11-year-old New Hampshire boy was rescued after being trapped for several hours between two boulders.—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024 Firefighters in New Hampshire rescued an 11-year-old boy who was trapped between boulders for more than nine hours, according to officials and reports.—Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 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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