boulder

Betekenis (Engels)

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.
4. A session of bouldering; involvement in bouldering.

Verb

To engage in bouldering.

Sinonieme

rock

🪨

stone

🪨

pebble

bowlder

cobble

lump

chunk

crag

block

large rock

gem

💎

gibber

hunk

ledge

mass

nugget

ore

plum

rubble

scree

shingle

unit

wacke

large stone

stone slab

round stone

pudding stone

river boulder

shore boulder

stone block

lump of rock

large boulder

erratic boulder

cyclopian

accomplice

plum stone

buddy

clay

comrade

cyclopean

detritus

erratic

erratic block

fieldstone

friend

Vertalings

rocher

🪨

masso

🪨

rotsblok

peñasco

Felsblock

pedregulho

Feldstein

macigno

🪨

canto rodado

βότσαλο

ογκόλιθος

pierre

🪨

rocha

🪨

Felsbrocken

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbəʊl.də(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: bulder

Verwante met Sweeds: bullersten

Verwante met Old English: bolla

Verwante met Engels: bowl

In summary

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.