Zone

English

Noun

Zone (plural Zones)

1. (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).
2. Any given region or area of the world.
3. A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.
4. (baseball) Short for the strike zone.
5. (chiefly sports) A high performance phase or period.
6. (networking) That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority.
7. (Apple computing) A logical group of network devices on AppleTalk.
8. (now literary) A belt or girdle.
9. (geometry) The frustum of a sphere.

Verb

Zone (third-person singular simple present zones, present participle zoning, simple past and past participle zoned)

1. To divide into or assign sections or areas.
2. To define the property use classification of an area.
3. To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.

Adjectives for Zone

temperate; frozen; arctic; inner; verdant; fringed; interminable; fortunate; arable; wide-spread.

Verbs for Zone

amplify—; apportion—; belt—; bisect—; carve out—; chop up—; circumscribe—; detach—; encircle—; encompass—; enlarge—; flank—; incise—; intersect—; invade—; label—; measure—; outline—; overreach—; pare—; patrol—; penetrate—; permeate—; prescribe—; restrict to—; skirt—; slice up—; subdivide—; swerve from—; widen—; —insulates; —isolates; —partitions; —secludes; —segregates.

Thesaurus

area, bailiwick, belt, circle, department, district, domain, locale, locality, precinct, province, quarter, realm, region, section, sector, segment, sphere, terrain, territory, tract, turf

Synonyms

• (area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic etc): area, belt, district, region, section, sector, sphere, territory
• (baseball: strike zone):
• (high performance phase or period):
• (networking: that collection of a domain's DNS resource records):
• (computing: logical group of network devices on AppleTalk):
• (religion: belt worn by priests in the Greek Orthodox church):
• (enter a daydream state): doze off, zone out

Pronunciation

• enPR: zōn, IPA: /zəʊn/, SAMPA: /z@Un/

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