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Meanings of
bowlder
in English
Portuguese
matacão
Catalan
penyal
Spanish
peña
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A large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin.
boulder
Portuguese
matacão
Usage of
bowlder
in English
1
For a moment they stood silent in front of the gray
bowlder
.
2
He was halted abruptly by a crisp command from behind a
bowlder
:
3
He struck with his hammer stone, but the
bowlder
did not chip.
4
It narrowed into a sort of cave, roofed by an overhanging
bowlder
.
5
Striking a grass-concealed
bowlder
,
he pitches forward, falling heavily upon the bank.
6
I dropped upon my knees, clinging to a
bowlder
,
and peered over.
7
The overhanging
bowlder
was a scant ten minute's walk up the creek.
8
A few seconds later both clambered upon a
bowlder
in the pool below.
9
The skua remained as still as the
bowlder
he sat upon.
10
In the canyon, which was very narrow, a large
bowlder
blocked my progress.
11
But the quick-witted girl had already leaped to an adjacent
bowlder
.
12
He held a flint
bowlder
and began chipping it with his hammer stone.
13
Major Van Zandt leaned against a
bowlder
,
and watched her with admiring eyes.
14
While he ate, Speed sat down on a
bowlder
beside him and talked.
15
Redtop grinned at Thorn, and threw him a smooth oval
bowlder
.
16
The interview between the two officers beside the
bowlder
was not a long one.
Other examples for "bowlder"
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bowlder
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
huge bowlder
big bowlder
great bowlder
adjacent bowlder
large bowlder
More collocations
Translations for
bowlder
Portuguese
matacão
rocha
pedra
rochedo
pedregulho
Catalan
penyal
Spanish
peña
Bowlder
through the time
Bowlder
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common