MANHATTAN PROJECT as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II
    Hypernyms(s) Manhattan Project is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II
    Hypernyms(s) Manhattan Project is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower