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U. S. COAST GUARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does U. S. Coast Guard mean?
• U. S. COAST GUARD (noun)
The noun U. S. COAST GUARD has 1 sense:
1. an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce
Familiarity information: U. S. COAST GUARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
U. S. Coast Guard; United States Coast Guard; US Coast Guard
Hypernyms ("U. S. Coast Guard" is a kind of...):
coastguard (a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters)
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("U. S. Coast Guard" is a part of...):
Department of Transportation; DoT; Transportation (the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966)
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