department
(noun) a specialized sphere of knowledge; “baking is not my department”; “his work established a new department of literature”
department, section
(noun) a specialized division of a large organization; “you’ll find it in the hardware department”; “she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury”
department
(noun) the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
department (plural departments)
A part, portion, or subdivision.
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
A subdivision of an organization.
(often, in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
(in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
(historical) A military subdivision of a country
(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
• (distinct course): province, specialty
• (division of executive government): ministry
Source: Wiktionary
De*part"ment, n. Etym: [F. département, fr. départir. See Depart, v. i.]
1. Act of departing; departure. [Obs.] Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton.
2. A part, portion, or subdivision.
3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature. Macaulay.
4. Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.
5. A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.
6. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
