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US COAST GUARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does US Coast Guard mean? 

US COAST GUARD (noun)
  The noun US COAST GUARD has 1 sense:

1. an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerceplay

  Familiarity information: US COAST GUARD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


US COAST GUARD (noun)


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 ("US 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 ("US 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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