bureau
noun/ˈbjʊroʊ/
Frequency rank: #2,385 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
An office or organization that collects or provides information; a chest of drawers.
Example sentence
The official document was filed at the city bureau.
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