Boulder
Boulder noun - A large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin.
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Cut
Cut noun - A piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting.
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While mountain climbing, one of his arms got trapped under a fallen boulder... so he cut it off.
Source: Life-or-Limb Decision -
One episode of Jimmy Neutron has Jimmy and friends making use of boulder-sized, polished, and cut diamonds they found sticking out of a mountain face...
Source: Treasure Is Bigger in Fiction - Hours, from Danny Boyle, focuses on Aron Ralston, a hiker who is forced to cut off his own arm to save himself after five days of having his arm trapped by a boulder.
Source: Dueling Works / Film Drama
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Cut and Boulder. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/boulder/cut
Boulder & Cut. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/boulder/cut>.
Cut or Boulder. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/boulder/cut.
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