bureau
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a desk for writing (usually with a sloping top)synonyms: schrijfbureau, schrijftafel
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an administrative unit of governmenttypes:belastinginspectiethe bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collectionsoctrooibureau, patentbureauthe government bureau in the Department of Commerce that keeps a record of patents and trademarks and grants new onesC.I.A., CIAan independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security CouncilFBI, opsporingsdienst, recherche, rijksrecherchea federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justicebeveiligingsdienst, bewakingsdienst, gendarmerie, hermandad, kit, politie, politie-apparaat, politieapparaat, politiekorps, politiemacht, prinsemarij, wetthe force of policemen and officers
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a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purposesynonyms: schapenfokkerij, stationsgebouw, veehouderijtypes:brandweerkazernea station housing fire apparatus and firemenE.H.B.O.-post, EHBO-post, eerste-hulppost, eerstehulpposta station providing emergency care or treatment before regular medical aid can be obtainedhoofdcommissariaat, politiebureaua station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are broughtelektriciteitscentrale, energiecentrale, krachtcentrale, krachtstationan electrical generating stationbenzinepomp, servicestationa station where gasoline and oil are sold and facilities are available for repairing or maintaining automobilesaankomsthal, grenssteen, remise, stapelplaats, terminal, tramremisestation where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goodsaankomsthala terminal that serves air travelers or air freightbusstationa terminal that serves bus passengersE.H.B.O.-post, EHBO-post, eerste-hulppost, eerstehulppost, hulppost(military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the woundedtelevisienet, televisiestation, televisiezenderstation for the production and transmission of television broadcastschauffeurscaféa roadside service station (and restaurant) that caters to truck drivers
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Vocabulary lists containing bureau
Words like "desk" and "chair" are so drab and commonplace that we pay them no mind. Give your vocabulary a makeover with these words for furniture that will have you sounding like a famous interior designer.
While trying to track down her missing mother, thirteen-year-old Salamanca entertains her grandparents with strange stories about a girl named Phoebe Winterbottom.
Influenced by Charlotte Perkins Gilman's personal experiences, "The Yellow Wallpaper" tells the story of a woman who is forbidden from working due to "nervous depression" and begins to obsess over the unusual wallpaper in her room.