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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 Dictionary entry overview: What does U.S. House of Representatives mean? 

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (noun)
  The noun U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has 1 sense:

1. the lower legislative house of the United States Congressplay

  Familiarity information: U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The lower legislative house of the United States Congress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

House of Representatives; U.S. House; U.S. House of Representatives; United States House of Representatives; US House; US House of Representatives

Hypernyms ("U.S. House of Representatives" is a kind of...):

house (an official assembly having legislative powers)

Holonyms ("U.S. House of Representatives" is a member of...):

Congress; U.S. Congress; United States Congress; US Congress (the legislature of the United States government)


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