"sounding board" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sounding boards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sounding board (plural sounding boards)
  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: 57 23 10 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 25 20 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 19 18 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 19 25 15 Disambiguation of 'thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument': 88 3 5 3
  2. A structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners. Translations (structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners): kaikutausta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sounding_board-en-noun-HWpME42a Disambiguation of 'structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners': 4 91 3 2
  3. (by extension) Any device or means used to spread an idea or point of view. Tags: broadly Translations (device or means used to spread an idea): sanansaattaja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sounding_board-en-noun-IjKK4CrP Disambiguation of 'device or means used to spread an idea': 3 3 87 7
  4. A person, or group, whose reactions to a new idea or proposal serve to assess its acceptability. 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 'person or group serving to assess acceptability of a new idea': 7 4 18 72

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