sounding board
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See also: soundingboard and sounding-board
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]sounding board (plural sounding boards)
- A thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument and serves to reinforce its sound.
- A structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners. Abatsons.
- (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[1], 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.
- A person, or group, whose reactions to a new idea or proposal serve to assess its acceptability.
Translations
[edit]thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument
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structure that reflects sound towards the intended listeners
device or means used to spread an idea
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person or group serving to assess acceptability of a new idea
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