zone (zones plural) (zoning present participle) (zoned past tense & past participle )
1 n-count A zone is an area that has particular features or characteristics.
oft n N
Many people have stayed behind in the potential war zone..., The area has been declared a disaster zone., ...time zones.
2 verb If an area of land is zoned, it is formally set aside for a particular purpose. usu passive The land was not zoned for commercial purposes... be V-ed
zoning n-uncount ...the use of zoning to preserve agricultural land...
buffer zone (buffer zones plural )A buffer zone is an area created to separate opposing forces or groups which belongs to neither of them. n-count
end zone (end zones plural )In American football, an end zone is one of the areas at each end of the field that the ball must cross for a touchdown to be scored. n-count
enterprise zone (enterprise zones plural )An enterprise zone is an area, usually a depressed or inner-city area, where the government offers incentives in order to attract new businesses. (BUSINESS) n-count
Because it is in an enterprise zone, taxes on non-food items are 3.5% instead of the usual 7%.
exclusion zone (exclusion zones plural )An exclusion zone is an area where people are not allowed to go or where they are not allowed to do a particular thing, for example because it would be dangerous. n-count
no-fly zone (no-fly zones plural )A no-fly zone is an area of sky where military and other aircraft are not allowed to fly, especially because of a war. n-count
safety zone (safety zones plural ), safety island A safety zone is a place in the middle of a road crossing where you can wait before you cross the other half of the road.
(AM) n-count
time zone (time zones plural ), time-zone A time zone is one of the areas into which the world is divided where the time is calculated as being a particular number of hours behind or ahead of GMT. n-count
