sound
- noun
- /saʊnd/
- Alice objected, for Port Royal Sound is a large body of water with strong tidal currents.
- bays and sounds
- Puget Sound
- Long Island Sound
Examples
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Anywhere you go on earth... sea of cortez, nantucket sound... ...gulf of mexico... .
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I live on Summersisle, a tiny place in Puget Sound.
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To the good people of Seattle, ninety miles south up Puget Sound, Seattle made the most sense.
Fiction book (1991) -
Tacoma would batten on capital, and the other towns on the sound would shrivel and die.
Fiction book (1991) -
We sailed through the narrow sound between the islands, enjoying the beautiful scenery.
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The fishing boats lined up in the sound, waiting for the day to bring in their catch.
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As we approached the sound, we could see the land on either side stretching out into the water.
Synonyms
A narrow part of a sea, lake, or river that reaches into the land between rocks
Idioms
- Informal
To keep saying the same complaint again and again until people get annoyed
To enjoy hearing yourself speak while not listening to others
Compounds
- Literature
A short part of a recorded statement on radio or television, often by a politician
- Specialized
A pattern of vibrations that moves through air, water, or solids and carries sound
- Specialized
The point near the speed of sound when a plane feels a sudden push and strong vibration
A large bay of the Pacific Ocean in northwest Washington State with many connected waterways and islands
A stretch of water between Long Island and Connecticut on the US Atlantic coast
A way of thinking or arguing that uses good reasons and evidence to show something is true
- Specialized
An opening in the top of an instrument with strings, like a guitar, that makes its sound louder
- Specialized
An audio system that plays sound very clearly with little distortion
- Specialized
The loudness of the high and low parts of a sound, for example a violin or flute
- Specialized
A set of letters that show speech sounds like the International Phonetic Alphabet
- Specialized
A device that makes pictures showing where sounds come from and how loud they are
- Specialized
A device that makes voices or music sound fuller by copying the original sound
- Specialized
A method of finding where a sound comes from by measuring how long it takes to reach microphones
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sound (noun, 'a stretch of water') comes from an old word sund meaning 'a way of water' or 'swimming', because a sound is a part of the sea or a channel you can cross.