NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("National Weather Service" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Holonyms ("National Weather Service" is a part of...):

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; NOAA (an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather)

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