navy

English Thesaurus

1. a dark shade of blue (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	blue, blueness,
definition	:	blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime (noun.attribute)

2. an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare (noun.group)

hypernym	:	armed service, military service, service,
definition	:	a force that is a branch of the armed forces (noun.group)

member holonym	:	naval unit,
definition	:	a military unit that is part of a navy (noun.group)

member holonym	:	fleet,
definition	:	a group of warships organized as a tactical unit (noun.group)

domain category	:	armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine,
definition	:	the military forces of a nation (noun.group)

domain member category	:	broadside,
definition	:	the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship (noun.act)

domain member category	:	broadside,
definition	:	all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship (noun.artifact)

domain member category	:	station,
definition	:	(nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty (noun.location)

3. the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces (noun.group)

hypernym	:	agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office,
definition	:	an administrative unit of government (noun.group)

part holonym	:	naval research laboratory, nrl,
definition	:	the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines (noun.artifact)

part holonym	:	marine corps, united states marine corps, united states marines, us marine corps, usmc,
definition	:	an amphibious division of the United States Navy (noun.group)

part holonym	:	naval air warfare center weapons division, nawcwpns,
definition	:	the principal agency of the United States Navy for research and development for air warfare and missile weapon systems (noun.group)

part holonym	:	naval special warfare, nsw,
definition	:	the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare (noun.group)

part holonym	:	naval surface warfare center, nswc,
definition	:	the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for all aspects of surface warfare (noun.group)

part holonym	:	naval underwater warfare center, nuwc,
definition	:	the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for submarine and undersea warfare systems (noun.group)

part holonym	:	united states naval academy, us naval academy,
definition	:	a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Navy (noun.group)

part holonym	:	office of naval intelligence, oni,
definition	:	the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy (noun.group)

part meronym	:	defense, defense department, department of defense, dod, united states department of defense,
definition	:	the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 (noun.group)

4. an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare (noun.group)

derivation	:	naval,
definition	:	connected with or belonging to or used in a navy (adj.pert)

derivation	:	naval,
definition	:	connected with or belonging to or used in a navy (adj.pert)