HyperDic: select_committee

English > 1 sense of the expression *select committee*:
NOUN	group	select committee	a parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose

English > *select committee*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	A parliamentary committee appointed for some special purpose.
Region	United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain	A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles
Broader	committee, commission	A special group delegated to consider some matter