executive department

1. 1.

   a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States

   Broaderfederal department

   NarrowerWhite HouseDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of CommerceDepartment of DefenseDepartment of EducationDepartment of EnergyDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentDepartment of Justice

   Part ofexecutive branch

Questions about executive department

What does executive department mean?

executive department means "a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States".

Is executive department a common word?

executive department is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.