Found 2 items, similar to Department of the Interior.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Department of the Interior Department of the Interior n : the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849 [syn: Interior Department, Interior, DoI]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Department of the Interior Interior \In*te"ri*or\, n. 1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside. [1913 Webster] 2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom. [1913 Webster] Department of the Interior, that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department. Secretary of the Interior, the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior. [1913 Webster]