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COUNCIL BOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does council board mean? 

COUNCIL BOARD (noun)
  The noun COUNCIL BOARD has 1 sense:

1. the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meetingplay

  Familiarity information: COUNCIL BOARD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COUNCIL BOARD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

conference table; council board; council table

Hypernyms ("council board" is a kind of...):

table (a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs)

Holonyms ("council board" is a part of...):

conference room (a room in which a conference can be held)


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