boulder
noun
a detached and rounded or worn rock, especially a large one.
boulders
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pluralof boulder.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He recently won three beautification awards for a Rancho Santa Fe home where he replaced foundation plants with boulders, gravel, cement pots and flameproof steel plant sculptures with internal lighting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
By extending the calculations from individual particles to the much larger boulders found on Bennu, they were able to reproduce the low thermal inertia observed by the spacecraft.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
That was the case with hydraulic mining in the West, which involved aiming a torrent of water under high pressure to blast away soil and boulders to expose the underlying gold veins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Before the building work started, the general was said to have rolled large boulders found at the summit - and ideally suit for construction - downhill.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
In my pocket I had three peach pits from the orchards of Mentana, and four Micro Machine cars to jump over them as if they were boulders.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
