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2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bowlder n : a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin [syn: {boulder}]
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