"sounding board" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sounding boards [plural]
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  1. A thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument and serves to reinforce its sound. Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: sounding-board Related terms: soundboard Translations (thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument): резонатор (rezonator) [masculine] (Bulgarian), klankbord [neuter] (Dutch), kaikupohja (Finnish), table d’harmonie [feminine] (French), fuaimchlár [masculine] (Irish), skaņgaldiņš [masculine] (Latvian), płyta rezonansowa [feminine] (Polish), resonansbotten [common-gender] (Swedish), klangbotten [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sounding_board-en-noun-Z-Ja1k~G Disambiguation of Music: 29 21 26 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 22 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 23 31 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 22 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 24 30 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 18 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 19 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 19 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 19 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 19 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 19 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 19 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 18 35 29 Disambiguation of 'thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument': 86 3 6 5
  2. A structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners. Abatsons. Categories (topical): Music Translations (structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners): tornaveu [masculine] (Catalan), kaikutausta (Finnish), abat-voix [feminine] (French), tornavoz [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sounding_board-en-noun-962z7qdF Disambiguation of Music: 29 21 26 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 22 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 23 31 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 22 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 24 30 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 18 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 19 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 19 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 19 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 19 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 19 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 19 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 18 35 29 Disambiguation of 'structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners': 7 84 6 3
  3. (by extension) Any device or means used to spread an idea or point of view. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Music Translations (device or means used to spread an idea): sanansaattaja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sounding_board-en-noun-IjKK4CrP Disambiguation of Music: 29 21 26 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 22 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 23 31 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 22 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 24 30 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 18 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 19 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 19 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 19 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 19 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 19 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 19 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 19 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 18 35 29 Disambiguation of 'device or means used to spread an idea': 3 1 89 7
  4. A person, or group, whose reactions to a new idea or proposal serve to assess its acceptability. Categories (topical): Music Translations (person or group serving to assess acceptability of a new idea): kaikupohja (Finnish), bonn braite [masculine] (Irish), bollplank [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sounding_board-en-noun-uNdB~YGl Disambiguation of Music: 29 21 26 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 22 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 23 31 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 22 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 24 30 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 18 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 19 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 19 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 19 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 19 35 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 19 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 17 16 29 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 19 34 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 18 35 29 Disambiguation of 'person or group serving to assess acceptability of a new idea': 7 1 16 75

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "soundboard"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument and serves to reinforce its sound."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resonating",
          "resonating"
        ],
        [
          "chamber",
          "chamber"
        ],
        [
          "musical instrument",
          "musical instrument"
        ],
        [
          "reinforce",
          "reinforce"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners. Abatsons."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Abatsons",
          "abatsons"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2021-01-28:",
          "text": "Missandei had little interiority beyond being Dany’s sounding board and Grey Worm’s lover, and she had to die to give them both a reason to keep killing, even though you’d think the looming Last War is reason enough.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any device or means used to spread an idea or point of view."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "idea",
          "idea"
        ],
        [
          "point of view",
          "point of view"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Any device or means used to spread an idea or point of view."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person, or group, whose reactions to a new idea or proposal serve to assess its acceptability."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reaction",
          "reaction"
        ],
        [
          "idea",
          "idea"
        ],
        [
          "proposal",
          "proposal"
        ],
        [
          "acceptability",
          "acceptability"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sounding-board"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rezonator",
      "sense": "thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "резонатор"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "klankbord"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument",
      "word": "kaikupohja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "table d’harmonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuaimchlár"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skaņgaldiņš"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "płyta rezonansowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "resonansbotten"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "klangbotten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tornaveu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners",
      "word": "kaikutausta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abat-voix"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tornavoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device or means used to spread an idea",
      "word": "sanansaattaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or group serving to assess acceptability of a new idea",
      "word": "kaikupohja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person or group serving to assess acceptability of a new idea",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bonn braite"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person or group serving to assess acceptability of a new idea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bollplank"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sounding board"
}

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