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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("National Weather Service" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("National Weather Service" is a part of...):
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; NOAA (an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather)
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