- boulder; bowlder
- (geol) bolovan; bloc de stâncă
English-Romanian technical dictionary. 2013.
boulder; bowlder
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Boulder — Bowlder Bowl der, Boulder Boul der, n. [Cf. Sw. bullra to roar, rattle, Dan. buldre, dial. Sw. bullersteen larger kind of pebbles; perh. akin to E. bellow.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bowlder — Bowl der, Boulder Boul der, n. [Cf. Sw. bullra to roar, rattle, Dan. buldre, dial. Sw. bullersteen larger kind of pebbles; perh. akin to E. bellow.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bowlder clay — Bowlder Bowl der, Boulder Boul der, n. [Cf. Sw. bullra to roar, rattle, Dan. buldre, dial. Sw. bullersteen larger kind of pebbles; perh. akin to E. bellow.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bowlder wall — Bowlder Bowl der, Boulder Boul der, n. [Cf. Sw. bullra to roar, rattle, Dan. buldre, dial. Sw. bullersteen larger kind of pebbles; perh. akin to E. bellow.] [1913 Webster] 1. A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bowlder — may refer to:* Boulder (disambiguation) * Thomas Bowdler (1754 1825), British editor See also: * Bowdler (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
bowlder — [bōl′der] n. alt. sp. of BOULDER … English World dictionary
Boulder — Boul der (b[=o]l d[ e]r), n. Same as {Bowlder}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bowlder — noun a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑boulder • Derivationally related forms: ↑bouldery (for: ↑boulder) • Hypernyms: ↑ … 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 wall — A boulder wall, also spelled boulder walls or bowlder wall, is a kind of wall built of round flints and pebbles, laid in a strong mortar. It is used where the sea has a beach cast up, or where there are plenty of flints … Wikipedia
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
