sounder
/ˈsaʊndər/
noun
- A device that makes a sound, especially as a signal or alarm.
- The alarm system includes a loud sounder that can be heard throughout the building.
- The ship's foghorn is a powerful sounder used in low visibility.
- The smoke detector's sounder went off when the toast burned.
- A group of wild boar or similar animals.
- A sounder of wild boar was rooting through the forest floor.
- In the early morning, a sounder of peccaries crossed the trail.
- The hunter spotted a sounder of pigs near the riverbank.
- A person or thing that measures depth, especially of water, using sound (as in a depth sounder).
- The boat's sounder showed the water was only ten feet deep.
- Modern fish finders combine a sounder with a GPS unit.
- The fisherman used a depth sounder to find the best spot to cast his line.