sounding board
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sounding board

noun

Definition of SOUNDING BOARD

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a : a structure behind or over a pulpit, rostrum, or platform to give distinctness and sonority to sound
b : a device or agency that helps propagate opinions or utterances
c : a person or group on whom one tries out an idea or opinion as a means of evaluating it
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Examples of SOUNDING BOARD

  1. My friend is my sounding board for new ideas.

First Known Use of SOUNDING BOARD

1729

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