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- DictionaryZone/zōn/
noun
- 1. an area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose, or use, or subject to particular restrictions: "a pedestrian zone"
- 2. an encircling band or stripe of distinctive color, texture, or character.
verb
- 1. divide into or assign to zones: "the park has been zoned into four distinct bioregions, each with its own ecological identity"
- 2. encircle as or with a band or stripe. archaic
an area, especially one that is different from the areas around it because it has different characteristics or is used for different purposes: an earthquake zone. a nuclear-free zone. He was charged with driving at 75 mph in a 55 mph zone. This stretch of coast has been designated a danger zone.
To create a zone is called zoning: zoning breaks something into parts or sections. An election board zones an area into separate zones such as districts. Definitions of zone. noun. an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic. see more.
3 days ago · a region, area, or section characterized by some distinctive feature or quality. 2. a sphere of thought, disagreement, argument, etc. 3. an area subject to a particular political, military, or government function, use, or jurisdiction. a demilitarized zone. 4. (often capital) geography.
zone. (zōn) n. 1. a. An area or a region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic. b. A section of an area or territory established for a specific purpose, as a section of a city restricted to a particular type of building, enterprise, or activity: a residential zone. c.
Definition of zone noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. zone. noun. /zəʊn/ Idioms. an area or a region with a particular feature or use. a war/combat/demilitarized/exclusion zone. a danger zone. a pedestrian zone (= where vehicles may not go)
B1. an area where a particular thing happens: a war zone. a nuclear-free zone. See also. buffer zone. (Definition of zone from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English zone1 /zəʊn $ zoʊn/ W3 noun [ countable] 1 a large area that is different from other areas around it in some way San Francisco and Tokyo are both located in earthquake zones.
