sounder

¹

[ soun-der ]

noun

1. a person or thing that makes a sound or noise, or sounds sound something.
2. Telegraphy. an instrument for receiving telegraphic impulses that emits the sounds sound from which the message is read.

sounder

²

[ soun-der ]

noun

1. a person or thing that sounds sound depth, as of water.

sounder

¹

/ ˈsaʊndə /

noun

1. an electromagnetic device formerly used in telegraphy to convert electric signals sent over wires into audible sounds

sounder

²

/ ˈsaʊndə /

noun

1. a person or device that measures the depth of water, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of sounder¹

First recorded in 1585–95; sound ¹ + -er ¹

Origin of sounder²

First recorded in 1565–75; sound ³ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Recently, data from the microwave limb sounder has been proving its worth in unexpected ways, Dr. Salawitch said.

From New York Times

To decipher more precisely how much carbon is shuttled around, Benoit-Bird and colleagues are using echo sounders to uncover the migration’s finer details.

From National Geographic

The more important question is: Whose judgment is sounder?

From Los Angeles Times

Personally, I think young men could find sounder advice from this old song by Stephen Stills than from anything in Josh Hawley's recycled 256 pages:

From Salon

But these way-too-late alarm sounders have little credibility at this point.

From Salon