sounding
noun
1 sounding
A measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line.
Dutch: peiling
2 sounding
The act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line).
Dutch: peiling
Polish: sondowanie
adjective
1 sounding
Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms:
— Fine-sounding phrases.
— Taken in by high-sounding talk.
synonym: looking.
Roget 402: sounding; soniferous†; sonorous, sonorific†; resonant, audible, distinct; stertorous; phonetic; phonic, phonocamptic†.
2 sounding
Having volume or deepness.
3 sounding
Making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form.
Polish: dźwiękowy
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