Definitions for sounding-board

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Sounding-Board is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 1372 anagrams from letters in sounding-board (-abddginnoorsu).

Definitions for sounding-board

noun

1. a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
2. a structure over or behind and above a speaker, orchestra, etc., to reflect the sound toward the audience.
3. a board used in floors, partitions, etc., for deadening sound.
4. a person or persons whose reactions serve as a measure of the effectiveness of the methods, ideas, etc., put forth.
5. a person or group that propagates ideas, opinions, etc.:

Origin of sounding-board

First recorded in 1760-70

Examples for sounding-board

In the violin or guitar what takes the place of the sounding board of the piano?

Which do you advise for the sounding board of a microphone and Hughes telephone?

Eve had a sensitivity of feature that was a sounding board for her emotions.

The position of the sounding board above the stage is apparent.

My room is exactly like a sounding board for your idle conversation.

Internally, Clinton has insisted that employees use the online “sounding board” to advocate for changes in department protocol.

It has a pear-shaped body, composed of narrow pieces of bent wood glued together; the sounding board is flat, and of fir.

The strings were fastened upon a metal rod lying along the face of the sounding board.

The two carved legs were broken off, and the sounding board smashed in.

Part of a leader's job, of course, is to act as a sounding board for direct reports.