Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A canopy over a pulpit, etc., to direct the sound of a speaker's voice toward the audience. See
abat-voix . Alsosoundboard . - noun In building, a board used in the deafening of floors, partitions, etc. See
sound-boarding . - noun Same as
soundboard , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.
- noun A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.
- noun See Sound boarding, under
Sound , a noise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
sounding board .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument
- noun a person whose reactions to something serve as an indication of its acceptability
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Examples
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Rather than that, it seemed as though the speaker is a cliché revolutionary and the listener something of a numb sounding-board.
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The sounding-board is crowned by the three theological virtues, and the Good Shepherd:
Neuzelle Abbey 2009
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The film also stars Alison Brie as her sister, who serves as her sounding-board and, frequently, her goad.
Marshall Fine: Live From Sundance Film Festival 2012: Monday, Jan. 23 Marshall Fine 2012
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The film also stars Alison Brie as her sister, who serves as her sounding-board and, frequently, her goad.
Marshall Fine: Live From Sundance Film Festival 2012: Monday, Jan. 23 Marshall Fine 2012
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Jodi: Dave has not only been a sounding-board for for ideas across the years, but also an editor when called upon.
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It makes sense for plays to feed into movies since some stories have to change to work off the page: to provide a sounding-board for what in prose could be an internal monologue, for instance, or to tell a story without a narrator or not in documentary form.
The MGM Wizard of Oz 2008
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You may serve as a confidant, sounding-board and personal advisor to your mentee, especially as the relationship grows deeper over time.
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And where better than in literary writing to find a sounding-board for the sense that alternatives can be copresent and animating rather than monitored by negation?
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You may serve as a confidant, sounding-board and personal advisor to your mentee, especially as the relationship grows deeper over time.
Seven Ways To Be An Effective Mentor E. Wayne Hart 2010
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The loving kindness of my oldest sister's lifelong caregiver, Karen Hansen, helped my younger sister and I withstand our mother's extreme moods and unstable temperament ... and as a "sounding-board," she, in a sense, gave my mother informal therapy.
We Remember - Isabelle Charlotte Weinstein Goldenson, 1921 - 2005 2010
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