boulder
Multiple Entries:boulder erratic
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
boulder/ˈbəʊldə(r)/
▶noun a large rock.
– derivatives
bouldery adjective.
bouldery adjective.
– origin ME: shortened from earlier boulderstone, of Scand. origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
erratic /ɪˈratɪk/
▶adjective not even or regular in pattern or movement. ▶noun (also erratic block or boulder) Geology a large rock that differs from the surrounding rock, brought from a distance by glacial action.
– derivatives
erratically adverb,
erraticism noun.
erratically adverb,
erraticism noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. erratique, from L. erraticus, from errare ‘to stray, err’.
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