SECURITY COUNCIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Security Council mean? 

• SECURITY COUNCIL (noun)
  The noun SECURITY COUNCIL has 1 sense:

1. a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECURITY COUNCIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

SC; Security Council

Hypernyms ("Security Council" is a kind of...):

council (a body serving in an administrative capacity)

Holonyms ("Security Council" is a member of...):

UN; United Nations (an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security)