different between boulder vs meteoroid

English

Alternative forms

• bowlder, bulder (dated)

Etymology

From late Middle English bulder, possibly from Swedish bullersten (“noisy stone”), corresponding to buller (“noisy”) + sten (“stone”), or possibly from Dutch bolder (see bol (“sphere, ball, globe”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??l.d?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bo?ld??/
• Rhymes: -??ld?(r)
• Homophone: bolder

Noun

boulder (plural boulders)

1. A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
2. (geology) A particle greater than 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
3. A large marble, in children's games.
4. (climbing) A session of bouldering; involvement in bouldering.

Derived terms

• Boulder County
• bouldering

Translations

Verb

boulder (third-person singular simple present boulders, present participle bouldering, simple past and past participle bouldered)

1. (climbing) To engage in bouldering.

Anagrams

• doubler

English

Etymology

meteor +? -oid

Pronunciation

Noun

meteoroid (plural meteoroids)

1. (astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere

Hypernyms

• celestial object

Hyponyms

• micrometeoroid

Derived terms

• micrometeoroid
• meteoroidal

Related terms

• meteor
• meteorite
• meteoritic
• meteoritics
• meteoriticist
• meteorology

Translations

References

• meteoroid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.t?.??r?.it/

Noun

meteoroid m inan

1. (astronomy) meteoroid

Declension

Further reading

• meteoroid in Polish dictionaries at PWN