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sonars

sonars is the plural of sonar.

Meaning of sonar

Noun

sonar (countable and uncountable, plural sonars)

  1. (uncountable, usually) Artificial echolocation by use of electronic equipment, with hydrophones to locate objects underwater, using the same wave-analysis principles that radar uses.
    • They were able to detect the sunken wreck using sonar.
    Synonyms:
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  2. (countable) A device that provides such echolocation.
    • They finally bought a new sonar to replace the 40-year-old unit that sometimes didn't work right.
  3. (broadly) Any echolocation.
    • Submarines and bats both use sonar to navigate.

Noun capitalized: SONARs

SONARs

  1. (plural) plural of SONAR

Phrases with sonars

Questions about sonars

What is sonars the plural of?
Sonars is the plural of sonar.
What part of speech is sonars?
Sonars is a noun.

Words near sonars in the dictionary

  1. sonar
  2. Sonargaon
  3. sonarlike
  4. sonarman
  5. sonarmen
  6. sonars
  7. sonas
  8. sonata
  9. sonata form
  10. sonata-allegro form
  11. sonatalike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sonars (page history and authors); SONARs (page history and authors); sonar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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