- boulder-stone
- [ʹbəʋldəstəʋn] = boulder 1 и 2
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boulder-stone — … Useful english dictionary
boulder — bouldered, adj. bouldery, adj. /bohl deuhr/, n. a detached and rounded or worn rock, esp. a large one. Also, bowlder. [1610 20; short for boulder stone; ME bulderston < Scand; cf. dial. Sw bullersten big stone (in a stream), equiv. to buller… … Universalium
boulder — [13] Boulder is an abbreviated form of the original compound noun boulder stone, which was a partial translation of a Scandinavian word which survives in Swedish dialect bullersten ‘large stone in a stream’. Sten is ‘stone’, of course, and buller … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
boulder — [13] Boulder is an abbreviated form of the original compound noun boulder stone, which was a partial translation of a Scandinavian word which survives in Swedish dialect bullersten ‘large stone in a stream’. Sten is ‘stone’, of course, and buller … Word origins
boulder — also bowlder noun Etymology: short for boulder stone, from Middle English bulder ston, part translation of a word of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialect bullersten large stone in a stream, from buller noise + sten stone Date: 1617 a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
boulder — /ˈboʊldə / (say bohlduh) noun a detached and rounded or worn rock, especially a large one. {shortened form of boulder stone, Middle English bulder , from Old Norse; compare Swedish dialect buldersten big stone (in a stream) …
boulder — 1670s, variant of M.E. bulder (c.1300), from a Scandinavian source akin to Swed. dial. bullersten noisy stone (large stone in a stream, causing water to roar around it), from bullra to roar + sten stone. Or the first element may be from *buller… … Etymology dictionary
boulder — [bōl′dər] n. [ME bulder, short for bulderston < Scand, as in Swed bullersten, lit., noisy stone < bullra, to roar (akin to BELLOW) + sten, STONE] 1. any large rock worn smooth and round by weather and water 2. Geol. such a rock larger than… … English World dictionary
stone — [n] hard piece of earth’s surface boulder, crag, crystal, gem, grain, gravel, jewel, metal, mineral, ore, pebble, rock; concepts 474,477 … New thesaurus
Boulder, Colorado — Infobox Settlement official name = Boulder, Colorado other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = City motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank emblem… … Wikipedia
Boulder — In geology, a boulder is a rock with grain size of usually no less than 256 mm (10 inches) diameter. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive.In common usage, a boulder is too large for a person… … Wikipedia
