council board
- noun
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mesa del consejo
- The committee gathered around the council board to discuss the new policy.
Examples
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He placed the documents carefully on the council board before beginning his presentation.
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Important decisions were often made at the old oak council board in city hall.
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The council board met to discuss the new policy.
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Can you pass the documents to the council board?
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The committee gathered around the council board to discuss the new policy.
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Important decisions were often made at the old oak council board in city hall.
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He placed the documents carefully on the council board before beginning his presentation.
Synonyms
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2.5
A large table where people sit for meetings in an office or boardroom
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9.9
A table where people eat meals together
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A large table that council members sit around during meetings
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'council' denotes the group of meeting members and 'board' (here understood as a table) denotes the piece of furniture, so a learner who knows both words can infer 'the table around which the council sits.' There is a minor possible ambiguity because 'board' can also mean a governing body, but the literal reading is straightforward and cross-linguistically plausible, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Council board comes from the simple image of people meeting around a wooden table. Here council means the 'group who make decisions' and board means a wooden 'table', so the phrase came to mean the table where the council sits to talk and decide.