soundings

noun

  1. 1

    The action of the verb to sound.

noun

  1. 1

    Test made with a probe or sonde.

  2. 2

    A measured depth of water.

    “The sailor took a sounding every five minutes”
  3. 3

    The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes

  4. 4

    (chiefly in the plural) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom.

  5. 5

    The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.

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