Word

executive department, n.

a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
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executive department

semantic pointers

hypernym

federal department, federal office, department of the federal government

member holonym

executive branch, Executive Office of the President

hyponym

White House, EXEC Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Department, Agriculture, USDA Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoC Department of Defense, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, Defense, DoD Department of Education, Education Department, Education Department of Energy, Energy Department, Energy, DOE Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services, HHS Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Urban Development, HUD Department of Justice, Justice Department, Justice, DoJ Department of Labor, Labor Department, Labor, DoL Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, State, DoS Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior, DoI Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, Treasury, United States Treasury Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoT Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Department of Commerce and Labor Department of Health Education and Welfare Navy Department War Department