navy

1. An organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare (synset 108208631)
   referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   associated with:

   • broadside - the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
   • broadside - all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
   • station - (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
   is a type of: armed service, military service, service - a force that is a branch of the armed forces
   member holonym:

   • naval unit - a military unit that is part of a navy
   • fleet - a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
   same as: naval forces
2. A dark shade of blue (synset 104976880)
   is a type of: blue, blueness - blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
   same as: dark blue, navy blue
3. The navy of the United States of America;
   The agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces (synset 108208917)
   is a type of: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office - an administrative unit of government
   has:

   • naval research laboratory, nrl - the United States Navy's defense laboratory that conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines
   • marine corps, marines, united states marine corps, united states marines, us marine corps, usmc - an amphibious division of the United States Navy
   • naval air warfare center weapons division, nawcwpns - the principal agency of the United States Navy for research and development for air warfare and missile weapon systems
   • naval special warfare, nsw - the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare
   • naval surface warfare center, nswc - the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for all aspects of surface warfare
   • naval underwater warfare center, nuwc - the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for submarine and undersea warfare systems
   • united states naval academy, us naval academy - a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Navy
   • office of naval intelligence, oni - the military intelligence agency that provides for the intelligence and counterintelligence and investigative and security requirements of the United States Navy
   is a part of: defense, defense department, department of defense, dod, united states department of defense - the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
   same as: united states navy, us navy, usn

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