boulder
noun
a detached and rounded or worn rock, especially a large one.
bowlder
-
a variation of
boulder.
Example Sentences
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“Arr, purrum thur, that’s a noice bowlder, my beauties.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
He staggered along behind the one called Rafe, and so came to an opening behind a bowlder which seemed to have been rolled by nature against the hillside.
From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Grace Brooks Hill
They jumped from bowlder to bowlder, and at last stopped where the waters go softly, making a soothing music for the ear.
From The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona by Cora Marsland
The leveler, being the hindmost man, rolled over this fence just as a heavy bowlder, hurled by Luke, struck the top rail.
From Hoosier Mosaics by Maurice Thompson
There was a bowlder in the highway yesterday.
From Subconscious Religion by Russell H. Conwell
