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Definitions for Bureau

[1] a chest of drawers, often with a mirror at the top.
[2] a division of a government department or an independent administrative unit.
[3] an office for collecting or distributing news or information, coordinating work, or performing specified services; agency: a travel bureau; a news bureau.
[4] Chiefly British . a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
[5] mainly British a writing desk with pigeonholes, drawers, etc, against which the writing surface can be closed when not in use
[6] US a chest of drawers
[7] an office or agency, esp one providing services for the public
[8] a government department a branch of a government department

Words related to Bureau

division, office, agency, authority, commission, board, committee, department, shop, setup, store, service, sideboard, chiffonier, desk, commode, dresser, highboy

Words nearby Bureau

burden of proof, burdened, burdensome, burdizzo, burdock, bureau, bureau de change, bureau of customs, bureau of indian affairs, bureau of internal revenue, bureau of land management

Origin of Bureau

1710–20; < French: desk, office, originally a kind of cloth (used to cover desks, etc.), Anglo-French, Old French burel, equivalent to bur- (probably < *būra, variant of Late Latin burra wool, fluff; cf. bourrée) + -el noun suffix

Other words from Bureau

sub·bu·reau , noun, plural sub·bu·reaus, sub·bu·reaux.

Word origin for Bureau

C17: from French: desk, office, originally: type of cloth used for covering desks and tables, from Old French burel , from Late Latin burra shaggy cloth

Synonyms for Bureau

agency, authority, board, commission, committee, department, division, office, service, setup, shop, store, front office, salt mines