How to pronounce sonar
American English pronunciation
SOH-nar
- IPA
- /ˈsoʊnɑɹ/
- Syllables
- SOH · nar (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What sonar means
A way of finding things underwater using echoes of sound
In a sentence: The fishing boat used sonar to find a big school of fish below.
Where it comes from: It started out as an acronym, a word built from the first letters of a longer name, and later became an everyday word.
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