MANHATTAN PROJECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Manhattan Project mean? 

• MANHATTAN PROJECT (noun)
  The noun MANHATTAN PROJECT has 2 senses:

1. a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II

2. code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II

  Familiarity information: MANHATTAN PROJECT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANHATTAN PROJECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Manhattan Project" is a kind of...):

executive agency (an agency of the executive branch of government)

Holonyms ("Manhattan Project" is a part of...):

executive branch; Executive Office of the President (the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

labor; project; task; undertaking (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted)