A measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line.

Dutch: peiling

The act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line).

Dutch: peiling
Polish: sondowanie

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^†.   

Having volume or deepness.

Making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form.

Polish: dźwiękowy