SOUNDEST

The particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

Example: "The sound of rain on the roof"

The subjective sensation of hearing something

Example: "He strained to hear the faint sounds"

Mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium

Example: "Falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them"

The sudden occurrence of an audible event

Example: "The sound awakened them"

The audible part of a transmitted signal

Example: "They always raise the audio for commercials"

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

A large ocean inlet or deep bay

Example: "The main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"