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A town in Western Australia, merged with Kalgoorlie in 1989 as the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
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A home rule municipality, the county seat of Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Illinois, United States.
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A town, the county seat of Jefferson County, Montana, United States.
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A small town in Garfield County, Utah, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States.
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A census-designated place in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States.
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A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
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A particle greater than 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
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Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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A large marble, in children's games.
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A session of bouldering; involvement in bouldering.
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Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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To engage in bouldering.
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Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university town
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Broader terms: town
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a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
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Synonyms: bowlder
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Broader terms: rock, stone
Narrower terms: glacial boulder, river boulder, shore boulder, Plymouth Rock
History
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.
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