bowlder

Other forms: bowlders

Definitions of bowlder
  1. noun
    a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
    synonyms: boulder
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    examples:
    Plymouth Rock
    a boulder in Plymouth supposed to be where the Pilgrims disembarked from the Mayflower
    types:
    glacial boulder
    a boulder that has been carried by a glacier to a place far distant from its place of origin
    river boulder
    a boulder that has been carried by a river to a place remote from its place of origin
    shore boulder
    a boulder found on a shore remote from its place of origin
    type of:
    rock, stone
    a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
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