boulder

plural boulders · alternative archaic bowlder · alternative obsolete bulder

1. A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
2. geographyA particle greater than 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
3. A large marble, in children's games.

   There were four sizes of marbles and we called them boulders, biggies, regulars, and teenies.

   2006, Carol Benson, The Old Lonesome, page 84

4. climbingA session of bouldering; involvement in bouldering.

present singular third person boulders · participle present bouldering · participle past bouldered · past bouldered · alternative archaic bowlder · alternative obsolete bulder

1. ambitransitiveclimbingTo engage in bouldering.

   There's even old climbing hardware in it because people bouldered on it for years.

   2007 February 15, “Homes blend eco-friendliness, unique design”, in Sierra Sun

   2 more examples

   He bouldered a route in the same area with ease. Mitchell, 11, was hanging with the older kids in an area where bouldering nearly upside down seemed to be....

   2005 November 18, “The ties that bind ..., ... and prevent falls have become family unifier in rock climbing”, in Salt Lake Tribune

   As the week unfolded, we were taught about the equipment we needed, how to tie a rope and what to wear. We learnt to balance on our feet rather than cling on with our arms and to trust our rock shoes, the moulded rubber slippers that can grip the smoothest of surfaces. We abseiled, bouldered and belayed.

   2006 July 18, Tony Durrant, “The steep learning curve”, in telegraph.co.uk

1. A town in Western Australia, merged with Kalgoorlie in 1989 as the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
2. A home rule municipality, the county seat of Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Illinois, United States.
4. A town, the county seat of Jefferson County, Montana, United States.
5. A small town in Garfield County, Utah, United States.
6. An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States.
7. A census-designated place in Sublette County, Wyoming, United States.