large boulder

collocation in English

meaningsoflargeandboulder

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large
adjective
uk
/lɑːdʒ/us
/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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boulder
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbəʊl.dər/us
/ˈboʊl.dɚ/
a very ...
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(Definition oflargeandboulderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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By the roadside as one leaves the town there is alargeboulderon which the figure "22" is inscribed in large characters.
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The site of the debate is marked by alargeboulderaffixed with a plaque.
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Caught between the two walls is alargeboulder, lodged there for all recorded history.
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It is alargeboulderwhose top is above the water's surface and can be seen from shore.
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The house backs up to alargeboulder.
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Increasingly stronger lines followed and a flying fox was established between alargeboulderon the shore and the mizzen mast of the stricken ship.
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The entrance, though, is blocked up by alargeboulder(from a recent event).
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An exception to purposeful burial was discovered when in 1935 the remains of an adult male were discovered under alargeboulder.
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The other end of the park contains alargeboulder, a glacial erratic.
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Once past the uppermost lake you will find yourself in alargeboulderfield (granite talus) which is difficult and slow to cross.
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It is believed he survived alargeboulderthat fell on him in the final episode, which would allow for his real death in 1916.
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In 1855, a boat from the village was sunk on alargeboulder.
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According to a myth, a giant blocked an inflow to the lake with alargeboulder, thus resulting in shrinking of its size.
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The collapsed ceiling rock rests inlargeboulderpiles on the cave floor.
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Furthermore, in 2002 alargeboulderwith a plaque telling about the camp was placed near the site as a memorial.
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Thelargebouldersupported a temporary shelter of green poles and boughs, and its vertical face served as a fireplace.
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He carries the elk to an opening, where he then sets it down and rests against alargeboulder.
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Instead, the horses may be tied to a single wooden pole or alargeboulder.
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He wriggled round thelargeboulderand reached the shaft which he estimated as being in excess of 90 m deep.
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