Sounder Meaning
/ˈsaʊndɚ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjcomparative form of sound: more sound
nounSomething or someone who makes a sound.
Sentence Examples
The sounder was used to measure the depth of the deep lake.
A sounder is a device used to produce or detect various sounds.
The boat captain used a depth sounder to navigate the shallow bay.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Between the two used cars, the mechanic said the newer model had a ____ engine.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The group of wild pigs, known as a ____, was seen foraging for food in the deep forest glen.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English *soundere, from Old English ġesundra, from Proto-Germanic *sundizô, equivalent to sound + -er (comparative suffix).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The Northern Division Traffic Manager has said that there is no present intention of terminating the service, but the hopes previously entertained of expanding it cannot be entertained until it is operating on a sounder economic basis."
— 1961 April, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 199:
"It was not only that there were wild boars in it, whose sounders would at this season be furiously rooting about, nor that one of the surviving wolves might be slinking behind any tree, with pale eyes and slavering chops."
— 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter II, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Between the two used cars, the mechanic said the newer model had a ____ engine.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The group of wild pigs, known as a ____, was seen foraging for food in the deep forest glen.