LOCAL DEPARTMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A permanent department created to perform the work of a local government

Synonyms:

department of local government; local department

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("local department" is a kind of...):

government department (a department of government)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "local department"):

corrections; department of corrections (the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders)

fire department (the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires)

police department (the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime)

sanitation department (the department of local government responsible for collecting and disposing of garbage)