boulder
noun
a detached and rounded or worn rock, especially a large one.
bouldery
-
a word derived from
boulder.
Example Sentences
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Due to the area being "a foot of snow over steep bouldery heather" the Rescue 912 helicopter from Humberside Airport was called.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025
Although the researchers had believed that Bennu had a smooth surface, they were shocked when upon arriving in 2018 they instead discovered a "bouldery hellscape."
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2023
He sat there hearing the music while the sea crept in again over the bouldery flat.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
In the dawn he awakened, looked out through the windshield and saw that the water was already retreating down the bouldery flat.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
The river was unusually low, so that the many bouldery rapids which otherwise would have been welcome were now only the vexatious hints of what might have been.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 by Various
