Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

police department

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

Syllables
po-lice de-part-ment
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Police force, especially a local or regional branch of a national police force.

Inflected Forms

police departments (plural)

Derived Forms

PD

Phrases

police force police service

Frequently Paired Words

police force police service

Synonyms

PD police force police service police

Questions

What does police department mean?
Police force, especially a local or regional branch of a national police force.

How to pronounce police department

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