| Library / English Dictionary |
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
Synonyms:
Department of Transportation; DoT; Transportation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Department of Transportation" is a kind of...):
executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Department of Transportation"):
FAA; Federal Aviation Administration (an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation)
Transportation Security Administration; TSA (an agency established in 2001 to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel)
U. S. Coast Guard; United States Coast Guard; US Coast Guard (an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce)
