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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In musical instruments, a thin resonant plate of wood so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tones by sympathetic vibration.
  • noun Same as sounding-board
  • noun See cut under abat-voix.
  • noun In organ-building, same as wind-chest.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A sounding-board.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument

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