1.Definition: a specialized division of a large organization

"You'll find it in the hardware department", "She got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"

Related Noun(s):section

Category: General

2.Definition: a specialized sphere of knowledge

"Baking is not my department", "His work established a new department of literature"

Category: General

3.Definition: the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

Category: Places