FOREIGN OFFICE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The government department in charge of foreign relations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Foreign Office" is a kind of...):

ministry (a government department under the direction of a minister of state)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Foreign Office"):

French Foreign Office; Quai d'Orsay (the French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris)