department
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Is department a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of department?
Definition
noun (English)
1. A subdivision of an organization.Examples: "the Treasury Department; the Department of Agriculture; police department"Synonyms: ministry
2. A subdivision of an organization.Examples: "the physics department; the history department; the math department"
3. (historical) A military subdivision of a countryExamples: "the Department of the Potomac"historical
4. (obsolete) Act of departing; departure.Examples: "For though Contraria iuxta ſe poſita magis illuceſcunt [opposites placed next to each other shine more brightly] (by an olde Rule) yet it hath beene ſubtilly, and indeede truely noted that our Sight, is not vvell contented, vvith thoſe ſudden departments, from one extreame to another; Therefore let them haue, rather a Duskiſh Tincture, then an abſolute blacke."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary