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ADVISORY BOARD
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A board appointed to advise the chief administrator
Synonyms:
advisory board; planning board
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("advisory board" is a kind of...):
board (a committee having supervisory powers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "advisory board"):
cabinet (persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers)
Kashag (the advisory board of the Tibetan government-in-exile)
Holonyms ("advisory board" is a member of...):
administration; brass; establishment; governance; governing body; organisation; organization (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)