SOUND


Meaning of SOUND in English

n. 1 a a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or a sea with a lake etc. b an arm of the sea. 2 a fish's swim-bladder.

[ OE sund, = ON sund swimming, strait, f. Gmc (as SWIM) ]

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