Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: boulder
IPA transcription: [b'oʊldɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: boulder, bowlder
    Meaning: a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
Usage examples
  • In so doing he loosened a great boulder of rock, which fell upon George Curtis's right leg, crushing it frightfully.
  • At the same moment the convict screamed out a curse at us and hurled a rock which splintered up against the boulder which had sheltered us.
  • An immense stratum of granite, which here and there thrust out a wrinkled boulder, prevented the site from being used for building purposes.
  • Have you sometimes seen great boulder stones, as big as a small house, that stand alone by themselves in some field, or on some seashore, where no other rocks are near?