department of the interior

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Department of the Interior
    n 1: the United States federal department charged with
         conservation and the development of natural resources;
         created in 1849 [syn: {Department of the Interior},
         {Interior Department}, {Interior}, {DoI}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Interior \In*te"ri*or\, n.
   1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a
      thing; the inside.
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   2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.
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   {Department of the Interior}, that department of the
      government of the United States which has charge of
      pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians,
      education, etc.; that department of the government of a
      country which is specially charged with the internal
      affairs of that country; the home department.

   {Secretary of the Interior}, the cabinet officer who, in the
      United States, is at the head of the Department of the
      Interior.
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