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[ soun-der ] / ˈsaʊn dər /
nouna person or thing that makes a sound or noise, or sounds something. Telegraphy. an instrument for receiving telegraphic impulses that emits the sounds from which the message is read. Origin of sounder1First recorded in 1585–95; sound1 + -er1 Words nearby soundersoundbox, sound camera, soundcard, sound check, sound effect, sounder, sound film, sound head, sound hole, sounding, sounding balloon Definition for sounder (2 of 2)[ soun-der ] / ˈsaʊn dər /
nouna person or thing that sounds depth, as of water. Origin of sounder2First recorded in 1565–75; sound3 + -er1 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sounderBut the Journal suggests that lower-cost producers with sounder finances, like Saudi Arabia, are unlikely to be accomodating. Fracking is Pitting OPEC Members Against Each Other. It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Bunch of Cartel Members.|Megan McArdle|May 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Perhaps Americans are used to their private detectives being of sounder moral character. Why You Should Read Ken Bruen the Master of Irish Noir|Allen Barra|March 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST We then got the writer of the Academy Award–nominated screenplay for Sounder, Lonnie Elder, to write a draft. The Saga of Whitney Houston’s Last Movie, ‘Sparkle’|Howard Rosenman|February 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST O'Neill looked up in agony as the sounder spelled the words: "Extra 81 went by at 3.05." The Daughter of a Magnate|Frank H. Spearman
They would be conducted with more caution and on sounder principles. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents|James D. Richardson They believed self-help to be a sounder principle, both morally and politically, and they believed it to be sufficient. Contemporary Socialism|John Rae Now happily he was brought to sounder views by seeing the iniquity of the world. Barchester Towers|Anthony Trollope Then blank, the sounder was still and the line remained open. Danger Signals|John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady
British Dictionary definitions for sounder (1 of 2)
nounan electromagnetic device formerly used in telegraphy to convert electric signals sent over wires into audible sounds British Dictionary definitions for sounder (2 of 2)
nouna person or device that measures the depth of water, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to soundervigorous, sturdy, solid, vibrant, safe, thorough, flawless, sane, stable, robust, intact, precise, sensible, satisfactory, wise, fair, reliable, responsible, valid, rational |