bureau

bureau has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
• n.. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.
• n.. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.
• n.. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.
• n.. furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
• n.. an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"