FEDERAL DEPARTMENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does federal department mean?
• FEDERAL DEPARTMENT (noun)
The noun FEDERAL DEPARTMENT has 1 sense:
1. a department of the federal government of the United States
Familiarity information: FEDERAL DEPARTMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FEDERAL DEPARTMENT (noun)
Meaning:
A department of the federal government of the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
department of the federal government; federal department; federal office
Hypernyms ("federal department" is a kind of...):
government department (a department of government)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "federal department"):
executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)
