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What does sonorous mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word sonorous? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Capable of giving out a deep, resonant sound.
  2. Full of sound and rich, as in language or verse.
  3. Wordy or grandiloquent.
  4. (linguistics) Produced with a relatively open vocal tract and relatively little obstruction of airflow.
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The hymn has a heavy, ponderous, sonorous melody that goes all the way back to the chants of the fourth century.
It concludes with a modern-day Bach chorale in the winds and a restatement of the stately, sonorous string chords from the opening procession.
Far in the distance floated the sonorous and mournful cry of the imam calling the midday prayers.
The turbo engine gives competitive pace, but a little more money buys the sonorous V5 version.
He enchanted the audience with his sonorous voice and his evocations of Milan.
True, it rolls mellifluously off the tongue and hangs in the air like an echo from a bell or the sonorous tones of a self-righteous preacher.

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