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bureau > 2 senses
NOUN	1	bureau, agency, federal agency, government agency, office, authority	An administrative unit of government
NOUN	2	bureau, chest of drawers, chest, dresser	Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

bureau > pronunciation
Sounds	byuh'row
Rhymes	Afro, allegro, arrow, and 70 more rhymes in row...

bureau > noun 1, group
Meaning	An administrative unit of government.
Examples	"the Census Bureau"
Synonyms	agency, federal agency, government agency, office, authority
Broader	administrative unit, administrative body
Narrower	executive agency; Food and Drug Administration, FDA; Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC; Counterterrorist Center, CTC; Nonproliferation Center, NPC; Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA; National Climatic Data Center, NCDC; National Weather Service; Technology Administration; National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST; National Technical Information Service, NTIS; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA; Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK; Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI; United States Public Health Service, PHS; National Institutes of Health, NIH; Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA; Bureau of Justice Statistics, BJS; Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS; United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol; Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS; Foreign Service; Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR; United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS; National Park Service; Financial Management Service; Office of Intelligence Support, OIS; Comptroller of the Currency; Bureau of Customs, Customs Bureau, Customs Service, USCB; Bureau of Engraving and Printing; Internal Revenue Service, IRS; Federal Aviation Agency, FAA; Transportation Security Administration, TSA; Government Accounting Office, GAO, United States Government Accounting Office; United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy; United States Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard; Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, NAWCWPNS; Naval Special Warfare, NSW; Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC; Naval Underwater Warfare Center, NUWC; Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI; Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, MCIA; United States Air Force, U. S. Air Force, US Air Force, Air Force, USAF; Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Air Force ISR, AFISR; independent agency; Advanced Research and Development Activity, ARDA; Defense Logistics Agency; Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, DRMS; Defense Technical Information Center, DTIC; law enforcement agency; Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA; organ; Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office; United States Government Printing Office, US Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office, GPO; National Guard Bureau, NGB; United States Army, US Army, U. S. Army, Army, USA; Army Intelligence, AI; Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO; Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA; Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC; Federal Housing Administration, FHA; local authority
Instances	Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL; Army High Performance Computing Research Center, AHPCRC; Naval Research Laboratory, NRL; United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, USACIL

bureau > noun 2, artifact
Meaning	Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes.
Synonyms	chest of drawers, chest, dresser
Parts	drawer; shelf
Broader	furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
Narrower	chiffonier, commode; highboy, tallboy; lowboy

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