MANHATTAN PROJECT

I. (noun)

Meaning:

Code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

labor; project; task; undertaking (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted)

Meaning:

A former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Manhattan Project" is a kind of...):

executive agency (an agency of the executive branch of government)

Holonyms ("Manhattan Project" is a part of...):

executive branch; Executive Office of the President (the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws)