Sounding
41sounding board — ► NOUN 1) a board over or behind a pulpit or stage to reflect a speaker s voice forward. 2) a soundboard. 3) a person or group whose reactions to ideas or opinons are used as a test of their validity or likely success …
42sounding board — n. 1. a) SOUNDBOARD (sense 1) b) a structure over or behind a rostrum, stage, etc. designed to reflect sound toward the audience 2. c) a person or thing used for spreading ideas around d) a person on whom one tests one s ideas, opinions, etc …
43sounding line — n. LEAD LINE …
44sounding rod — noun A rod for measuring water in a ship s hold • • • Main Entry: ↑sound …
45sounding box — sounding box, = soundbox. (Cf. ↑soundbox) …
46Sounding rocket — A sounding rocket, sometimes called a research rocket, is an instrument carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub orbital flight. The origin of the term comes from nautical vocabulary, it… …
47Sounding board — The sounding board or soundboard is the part of a string instrument that transmits the vibrations of the strings to the air, greatly increasing the loudness of sound over that of the string alone.The sounding board operates by the principal of… …
48sounding lead — noun a metal bob at the end of a sounding line • Hypernyms: ↑bob • Part Holonyms: ↑lead line, ↑sounding line * * * noun Etymology: Middle English : a mass of lead at the end of a sounding line * …
49Sounding line — A sounding line or lead line is a length of thin rope with a plummet, generally of lead, at its end. No matter what metal the plummet is made of, it s still referred to as the lead. In the recent past, depths were measured in fathoms, although… …
50sounding board — noun 1. a person whose reactions to something serve as an indication of its acceptability I would use newspapermen as a sounding board for such policies • Hypernyms: ↑person, ↑individual, ↑someone, ↑somebody, ↑mortal, ↑soul 2. ( …
