Definitions for zone

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zone zone

Spelling: [zohn]

IPA: /zoʊn/

Zone is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in zone (enoz).

Definitions for zone

noun

1. any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established:
2. Geography. any of five great divisions of the earth's surface, bounded by lines parallel to the equator and named according to the prevailing temperature. Compare North Frigid Zone, North Temperate Zone, South Frigid Zone, South Temperate Zone, Torrid Zone.
3. Biogeography. an area characterized by a particular set of organisms, whose presence is determined by environmental conditions, as an altitudinal belt on a mountain.
4. Geology. a horizon.
5. Geometry. a part of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes.
6. a specific district, area, etc., within which a uniform charge is made for transportation, mail delivery, or other service.
7. the total number of available railroad terminals within a given circumference around a given shipping center.
8. an area or district in a city or town under special restrictions as to the type, size, purpose, etc., of existing or proposed buildings.
9. time zone.
10. Also called postal delivery zone. (in the U.S. postal system) any of the numbered districts into which a city or metropolitan area was formerly divided for expediting the sorting and delivery of mail.
11. Sports. a particular portion of a playing area:
12. the zone, Informal. a state of intense concentration and focus that greatly improves a person's performance in a physical or mental activity, especially in sports:
13. Archaic. a girdle or belt; cincture.

Verb phrases

1. zone out, Informal. to become inattentive or dazed:

verb (used with object)

1. to mark with zones or bands.
2. to divide into zones, tracts, areas, etc., as according to existing characteristics or as distinguished for some purpose.
3. to divide (a city, town, neighborhood, etc.) into areas subject to special restrictions on any existing or proposed buildings.
4. to encircle or surround with a zone, girdle, belt, or the like.

verb (used without object)

1. to be formed into zones.

Origin of zone

1490-1500; Latin zōna Greek zṓnē belt

Examples for zone

So Lydia sank upon the zone left by the corset and stockings.

The artillery duel was more intense in the zone east of Goritz.

Other shows have allowed gender and inequality to inspire some episodes: The Twilight zone, for example.

Truly, this is a record which few localities can equal in any zone.

The Twilight zone would see another incarnation at the dawn of the 21st century, with Forest Whitaker as host.

Hungary has also applied the zone system to its freight traffic.

On rival CBS, which had been the original home of The Twilight zone, the long running Murder, She Wrote premiered in 1984.

The trend led to a resurgence of anthology television, and renewed interest in The Twilight zone.

Then it entered into a zone of torrid light which the sun threw on the waves.

The original Twilight zone is renowned for the acting careers it revived or jump started.