sounding board
See also: soundingboard and sounding-board
English
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Noun
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
- (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]:
- 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
A thin board that forms part of the resonating chamber of a musical instrument and serves to reinforce its sound
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A person, or group, whose reactions to a new idea or propsal serve to assess its acceptability
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