Recent Examples on the WebThe Santa Ysabel property was built to follow the natural lines of the land, with huge boulders incorporated into the buildings.—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024 Depicted from the legs up, the sculpted woman emerges from the slanted face of a boulder on the forest floor.—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024 California Residents in wealthy Montecito are using boulders to block hikers’ parking, bringing warnings
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Stolarz, spokesperson for the agency, said the cameras and citations were not installed to make revenue but as a safety measure and to enforce the park rules.—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024 On one side of the road, boulders, trees and cars are strewn over a large, muddy stretch of land that used to be a village of about 100 people.—Emmanuel Igunza, NPR, 10 May 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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