Object

• knell: I hope that this latest revelation may finally sound the death knell for our wasteful trips to Strasbourg.

• alarm: This was something about which they should have been sounding the alarm.

• bit: Sounds a bit depressing, wouldn't you say?

Converse of object

• hear: Initial tests are based on the child's ability to hear a few sounds made by the assessor.

• surround: The living room couch and surround sound are not the same as being there.

Converse of subject

• awake: Having got off to sleep at about midnight it was 5.30 in the morning as I was awoken by the sounds of life outside.

Adjective modifier

• distinctive: The harp or clarsach brings its distinctive dream-like sound.

• stereo: After the easy to handle software installation one is ready to receive analog television in excellent image quality and with adequate stereo sound.

• ambient: There are 9 platforms, so that make 144 extra ambient sounds available to you.

Modifies a noun

• recording: Works of the mind include: literary, dramatic, musical and artistic material; sound recordings, films, broadcasts and cable programs.

• effect: Sound design and sound effects come across very nice, too.

• wave: The reflected sound waves are used to create an image on a screen, showing exactly what's going on inside the body.

• clip: To edit the beginning and end of sound clips precisely, use a larger magnification on the timeline.

• quality: The Dualit digital kitchen radio offers the most advanced sound quality.

• bite: The Lost 45s features America's largest record library, as well as the largest library of interviews and sound bites found anywhere.

Adjective complement

• familiar: What now sounds familiar was honed in the States in the 1950s.

Noun used with modifier

• vowel: We were told to teach first initial then final sounds and then medial vowel sounds.

• guitar: I dont think I have ever heard a guitar sound like that on any other record.

• bass: It worked really well, giving a nice bass sound, and since then I've been using it for the same set at gigs.

• stereo: Then there's the consideration that you might want to pipe stereo sound to various rooms.