Word Study
scoter |
scoth |
scotia |
scotist |
scotland |
scotland yard
| scotograph
| scotoma
| scotomatous
| scotomy
| scotopic vision
scotland yard
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scotland yard has 1 sense
- scotland yard(n = noun.group) new scotland yard - the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London; Array is a kind of constabulary, law, police, police force
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scotland yard, n.
1 the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police.
2 its Criminal Investigation Department.
1 the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police.
2 its Criminal Investigation Department.
Etymology
Great and New Scotland Yard, streets where it was successively situated until 1967
THESAURUS
scotland yard
Cheka, FBI, Gestapo, Interpol, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, constabulary, county police, highway patrol, law enforcement agency, military police, police, police force, political police, posse, provincial police, riot police, secret police, security force, shore patrol, special police, state police, tactical police, troopers, vigilance committee, vigilantes
For further exploring for "scotland yard" in Webster Dictionary Online
