BOULDER


Meaning of BOULDER in English

n. a large stone worn smooth by erosion.

Phrases and idioms:

boulder-clay Geol. a mixture of boulders etc. formed by deposition from massive bodies of melting ice, to give distinctive glacial formations.

Etymology: short for boulderstone, ME f. Scand.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.