sounder

noun

sound·​er ˈsau̇n-dər How to pronounce sounder (audio)
: one that sounds
specifically : a device for making soundings

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The sounders track rain and winds over the oceans and ice, said Walter Meier, a senior research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 31 July 2025 The three satellites orbit Earth 14 times per day with special sensor microwave imager/sounder instruments, or SSMIS. Chris Vagasky, The Conversation, 2 July 2025 Read: Inside the fiasco at the National Security Council In saner times, under sounder leadership, changes to the intelligence community would perhaps be welcome. James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025 But unlike Sunday’s 77-75 win against UConn, the Gators cleaned up their act and pulled away behind unselfishness, hustle and sounder basketball for their ninth straight win in March. Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sounder

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First Known Use

1575, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sounder was in 1575

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“Sounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sounder. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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sounder

noun
sound·​er ˈsau̇n-dər How to pronounce sounder (audio)
: one that sounds
especially : a device for making soundings

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