UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the UnitedStates
   • created in 1947
   Synonym(s)
   • Defense (what does Defense mean?)
   • Defense Department (what does Defense Department mean?)
   • Department of Defense (what does Department of Defense mean?)
   • DoD (what does DoD mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) United States Department of Defense is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • executive department (what does executive department mean?)