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PO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
Synonyms:
PO; Post Office; United States Post Office; US Post Office
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("PO" is a kind of...):
independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea
Synonyms:
Po; Po River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Po" is a part of...):
Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
Synonyms:
P.O.; petty officer; PO
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("PO" is a kind of...):
enlisted officer; noncom; noncommissioned officer (a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "PO"):
master-at-arms (the senior petty officer; responsible for discipline aboard ship)
SCPO; senior chief petty officer (a senior noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to master sergeant in the Army)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor
Synonyms:
atomic number 84; Po; polonium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Po" is a kind of...):
metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
