Sounding
81sounding-board — n. 1 a canopy over a pulpit etc. to direct sound towards the congregation. 2 = SOUNDBOARD. 3 a a means of causing opinions etc. to be more widely known (used his students as a sounding board). b a person etc. used as a trial audience …
82sounding — 1) a measured depth of water 2) testing the depth of a water body or the quality of the bottom …
83sounding — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ringing, thudding, bumping, roaring, calling, thundering, booming, crashing, clattering, clinking, clanging, tinkling, whispering, pinging, rattling, rumbling, ticking, crying, clicking, reverberating, echoing, pattering …
84sounding — sound|ing [ saundıŋ ] noun 1. ) soundings plural the opinions of a group of people that you ask for before making a decision or taking action: The preliminary soundings indicate the bill will pass the legislature. take soundings (=ask for… …
85sounding — The measurement taken of all parameters in and of the upper atmosphere or of the sea …
86sounding — a. 1. Sonorous. 2. Imposing, significant …
87sounding — sound·ing …
88Whale sounding — Sounding is a term used for whales diving. It is typically only used for longer dives. Whales typically stay close to the surface for a series of short, shallow dives while building their oxygen reserves. They then have a sounding dive …
89sounding board — noun Date: 1729 1. a. a structure behind or over a pulpit, rostrum, or platform to give distinctness and sonority to sound b. a device or agency that helps propagate opinions or utterances c. a person or group on whom one tries out an idea or… …
90sounding rocket — noun Date: circa 1945 a rocket used especially to obtain information concerning atmospheric conditions at various altitudes …
