boulder

nounverbattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈbəʊl.də(ɹ)//
United States//ˈboʊl.dɚ//

A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.

noun

1
A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
2
A particle greater than 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
3
A large marble, in children's games.
There were four sizes of marbles and we called them boulders, biggies, regulars, and teenies.
4
A session of bouldering; involvement in bouldering.

Etymology

From late Middle English bulder, short for Middle English bulder ston (“a stone that's been worn into a round shape, boulder, cobblestone”), possibly from Old Swedish *buldersten, itself possibly from Old Swedish bulder (“rumble, noise”) + sten (“stone”); whence dialectal Swedish bullersten (“large stone in a stream, causing water to roar around it”). The first element may alternatively be allied to Old Swedish bulle, bolle (“round drinking vessel, tumbler”), from Old Norse bolli, related to Old English bolla (“round object, bowl”), see English bowl.

verb

1
To engage in bouldering.
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.
There's even old climbing hardware in it because people bouldered on it for years.

Forms

plural: boulders
past tense: bouldered
past participle: bouldered
present participle: bouldering
third person singular: boulders

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