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department store A department store is a large store with separate areas that sell different kinds of things. Each area of the store is called a department. There is often a shoe department, a toy department, a furniture department, clothing departments, and many others.
fire department A fire department is the group of people in a city or town whose job is to put out fires. A fire department is part of the city or town's government.
police department The police department is the whole group of police officers that serve in a town or city. The police department is part of the government of that town or city, and police officers are paid with money from taxes. When we talk about a police department, we sometimes mean the office where the police officers do a lot of their work and also the people who work there.