| NOUN | object | bowlder, boulder | a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin |
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| Meaning | A large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin. | |
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| Synonym | boulder | |
| Instances | Plymouth Rock | A boulder in Plymouth supposed to be where the Pilgrims disembarked from the Mayflower |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| Broader | rock, stone | A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter |
| Spanish | bloque, pedrejón, peña, peñasco | |
| Catalan | bloc, penyal, roca | |
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