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silence
Noun
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Silence is when no noise is heard.
The silence was strange, not even a bird could be heard.
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A silence is a time when there is no noise.
We had one minute of silence to remember the people who had died in the war.
silence
Verb
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If you silence something, you stop it from making noise.
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If you silence someone, you stop them from talking.
cabinet
Noun
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A country's cabinet is the main group of politicians who work closely with the leader of the government.
Nearly all the cabinet ministers in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's coalition government are immigrants or the sons of immigrants.
He was senior businessman before he joined President Clinton's Cabinet as Treasury secretary.
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A cabinet is a piece of furniture used to keep things in.
He walked over to the filing cabinet, took out the file and put it on his desk.