granite boulder

collocation in English

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granite
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡræn.ɪt/us
/ˈɡræn.ɪt/
a very hard, grey, pink, or black rock, used ...
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boulder
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbəʊl.dər/us
/ˈboʊl.dɚ/
a very ...
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(Definition ofgraniteandboulderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There was very little vegetation along the shoreline, which is packed with granite boulders of varying sizes.
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Several studies have shown that it is common on hilltops or hillsides, among grasses, large granite boulders, and occasionally shrubby trees.
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An interesting feature on the mountain is the presence of several large partly buried granite boulders at about 800m on the broad west ridge.
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Several structures were constructed using local granite boulders and lumber, including a hotel, meeting house, and water storage tank.
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The earlier parts of the castle constructions are characterised by heavygraniteboulderconstructions, but with ever more refined details in later periods.
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The marker is a graygraniteboulderwith rough-cut edges.
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A polished black granite plaque noting all the victims' names is mounted on a large pinkgraniteboulder.
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Problems started with an unauthorized blasting by the contractor that damaged thegraniteboulderselected as base.
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It is a small pagoda (7.3 m) built on the top of agranitebouldercovered with gold leaves pasted on by devotees.
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It passes through some beautifulgraniteboulderformations, including an arch, covered in mosses, ferns and orchids.
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The memorial consists of a single rough-hewn, greygraniteboulderapproximately 6ft m wide, convert across, and 7 ft high.
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It is marked by a largegraniteboulder.
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Thegraniteboulder(21.5 feet wide and 21.5 feet high) is installed atop a 456-foot-long trench, which allows people to walk under it.
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The site is marked by agraniteboulder.
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Thisgraniteboulderlies on an inclined plane and the area of contact is extremely small.
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There are two figures carved in a biggraniteboulderwhich are in low relief.
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It was enclosed on three sides withgraniteboulderwalls and used a sled to support a sealskin roof.
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The 486-tongraniteboulderwas kept white by shellfish-eating seabirds whose guano covered the rock, so much so that 19th-century sailors used it as a beacon.
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Geologically, the park lies on sandstone, with granite boulders along the coast.
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Today large granite boulders are found scattered in the forests in the region.
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The larger of the two granite boulders measures four and one-half feet high and four feet wide.
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It was not actually a rock shelter, but a jumble of granite boulders or tors.
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