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Sounding

of Sound

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Similar meaning 6

Audible 84% connected

Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; as, an audible voice or whisper.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Audible 84% connected

Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; as, an audible voice or whisper.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Full 84% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Full 84% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Superficial 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficia…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Superficial 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficia…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 6

Deepness 76% connected

The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Depth 76% connected

The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Measure 76% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Measurement 76% connected

The act or result of measuring; mensuration; as, measurement is required.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Measuring 76% connected

of Measure

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mensuration 76% connected

The act, process, or art, of measuring.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sound 74% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sound 74% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Looking 92% connected

of Look

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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