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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body;
[syn: closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law]


VERB (1)

1. terminate debate by calling for a vote;
- Example: "debate was closured"
- Example: "cloture the discussion"
[syn: closure, cloture]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cloture \Cl[^o]`ture"\, n. [F.] (Parliamentary Practice)
   See Closure, 5.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cloture
    n 1: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
         [syn: closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law]
    v 1: terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was
         closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: closure,
         cloture]