executive department

Noun executive department has 1 sense

• executive department(n = noun.group) - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States;
is a kind of department of the federal government, federal department, federal office
has particulars: exec, white house, agriculture, agriculture department, department of agriculture, usda, commerce, commerce department, department of commerce, doc, defense, defense department, department of defense, dod, united states department of defense, department of education, education, education department, department of energy, doe, energy, energy department, department of health and human services, health and human services, hhs, department of homeland security, homeland security, department of housing and urban development, housing and urban development, hud, department of justice, doj, justice, justice department, department of labor, dol, labor, labor department, department of state, dos, state, state department, united states department of state, department of the interior, doi, interior, interior department, department of the treasury, treasury, treasury department, united states treasury, department of transportation, dot, transportation, department of veterans affairs, va, department of commerce and labor, department of health education and welfare, navy department, war department
is a member of executive branch, executive office of the president