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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

boulder

noun

Definition

a very large rock

In a sentence

A boulder blocked the path.

Similar words

  • rock
  • stone

Why this word matters: boulder appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.