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sounding

  • noun
  • soundʹĭng

The action of the verb to sound.

Other meanings

  1. A test made with a probe or sonde.

  2. A measured depth of water.

    “The sailor took a sounding every five minutes”

Related words

  • co-sounding
  • echo sounding
  • high-sounding
  • radio sounding
  • sounding balloon
  • sounding board
  • sounding line
  • sounding rocket
  • sounding rod
  • sounding stone
  • sounding-board
  • sounding-stone

Example sentences

  • “There are some cool-sounding birds around here.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sounding” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.