noun

sounder

SOWND

noun

A device used to detect or measure depth, such as at sea.

"The crew used a sounder to check the depth of the harbor."

A group of wild boar.

"A sounder of boar crossed the trail ahead of the hikers."

How to Use Sounder

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishEither a depth-measuring instrument, or the collective name for a group of wild boar.

Common pairings

a sounder of boar depth sounder

sounders plural, sounders plural, sounders plural

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The crew used a _____ to check the depth of the harbor.

From sound (in the sense of "to measure depth") + -er.

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