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Noun: senate  se-nut
  1. A legislative assembly, usually forming the upper house or chamber in some governments
    "The bill needed approval from both the House and Senate"
Noun: Senate
  1. The upper house of the United States Congress
    - United States Senate, U.S. Senate, US Senate

Sounds like: sennet, Sennett

Derived forms: senates

Type of: general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature

Part of: Congress, U.S. Congress, United States Congress, US Congress

Encyclopedia: Senate, Saskatchewan