Zone

Quick meaning: Zone is a noun meaning Any given region or area of the world.

Meaning

Any given region or area of the world.

More Meanings

1. A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.
2. (by extension) A restricted category or virtual place.
3. A band or area of growth encircling anything.
4. A band or stripe extending around a body.
5. (crystallography) A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.
6. (baseball, informal) The strike zone.
7. (geography, now rare) Each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles).

Example Sentences

a zone of evergreens on a mountain

The white zone is for loading and unloading only.

The discussion was veering off into a danger zone.

There is a no-smoking zone that extends 25 feet outside of each entrance.

Word Forms

• zones
• zoning
• zoned

Synonyms for zone

Depending on context, synonyms include area, belt, district, region, section, sphere.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include partition, subdivide, district, sun, sunlight, ground.

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