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sounders

sounders is the plural of sounder.

Meaning of sounder

Noun (1)

sounder (plural sounders)

  1. Something or someone who makes a sound.
    • a telephone with an electronic sounder
  2. An instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
  3. (dated, plural, plural-only) A stethoscope.
  4. Synonym of sting (“brief musical sequence in television etc.”).
    Synonyms:
    sting

Noun (2)

sounder (plural sounders)

  1. A device for making soundings at sea.
  2. A person who takes soundings.

See all 9 meanings of sounder

Phrases with sounders

Questions about sounders

What is sounders the plural of?
Sounders is the plural of sounder.

Words near sounders in the dictionary

  1. sounded
  2. sounded off
  3. sounded out
  4. sounded the alarm
  5. sounder
  6. sounders
  7. soundest
  8. soundeth
  9. soundex
  10. Soundexed
  11. Soundexes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sounders (page history and authors); sounder (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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