sounding board

sounding board

See also: soundingboard and sounding-board

English

Alternative forms

• sounding-board

Noun

sounding board (plural sounding boards)

1. A thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument and serves to reinforce its sound
2. A structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners
3. (by extension) Any device or means used to spread an idea or point of view
   • 2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 28 January 2021:

     Missandei had little interiority beyond being Dany’s sounding board and Grey Worm’s lover, and she had to die to give them both a reason to keep killing, even though you’d think the looming Last War is reason enough.

4. A person, or group, whose reactions to a new idea or proposal serve to assess its acceptability

Translations

thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument

Bulgarian: резонатор m (rezonator) Dutch: klankbord (nl) n Finnish: kaikupohja French: table d'harmonie (fr) f Irish: fuaimchlár m Latvian: skaņgaldiņš m Polish: płyta rezonansowa f Swedish: resonansbotten c, klangbotten c

structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners

Finnish: kaikutausta

device or means used to spread an idea

Finnish: sanansaattaja (fi)

person or group serving to assess acceptability of a new idea

Finnish: kaikupohja Irish: bonn braite m Swedish: bollplank (sv) n

See also

• soundboard