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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] 1. A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble. 2. (Geol.) A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See {Drift}. {Bowlder clay}, the unstratified clay deposit of the Glacial or Drift epoch, often containing large numbers of bowlders. {Bowlder wall}, a wall constructed of large stones or bowlders. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Boulder \Boul"der\ (b[=o]l"d[~e]r), n. Same as {Bowlder}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: boulder n : a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin [syn: {bowlder}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Boulder, CO (city, FIPS 7850) Location: 40.02688 N, 105.25102 W Population (1990): 83312 (36270 housing units) Area: 58.4 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80301, 80302, 80303, 80304 Boulder, MT (town, FIPS 8575) Location: 46.23605 N, 112.11946 W Population (1990): 1316 (521 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59632 Boulder, UT (town, FIPS 7470) Location: 37.92904 N, 111.42778 W Population (1990): 126 (89 housing units) Area: 54.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84716 Boulder, WY Zip code(s): 82923
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