Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun naval_research_laboratory

1 sense of naval research laboratory

Sense 1
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)
       INSTANCE OF=> agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority -- (an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority")