sounding
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sounding1
▶noun
- 1 the action of sounding the depth of water.
■ a measurement taken by sounding.
■ the determination of any physical property at a depth in the sea or at a height in the atmosphere.
- 2 (soundings) information or evidence ascertained before taking action.
- 3 (soundings) archaic coastal waters shallow enough for the seabed to be reached with a sounding line.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sounding2
▶adjective archaic giving forth sound.
■ having an imposing sound but little substance.
'sounding' also found in these Oxford entries:
barrack-room lawyer
- bitonal
- bombast
- brassy
- cacophony
- cipher
- consonance
- cor anglais
- diaeresis
- diapason
- discord
- double-stopping
- dulcimer
- dunt
- echo sounder
- euphonious
- fine
- grasshopper warbler
- grating
- gravelly
- harmonic
- heavy metal
- horn
- hurdy-gurdy
- liaison
- malapropism
- mark
- melodic
- melodious
- musical
- oboe d'amore
- octave
- piccolo
- plaintive
- plummet
- preparation
- principal
- ring
- sinker
- sonde
- soundalike
- soundboard
- sounding board
- sounding line
- sounding rod
- strangulate
- strike
- thrash
