Definitions for zones

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zones zone

Spelling: [zohn]

IPA: /zoʊn/

Zones is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in zones (enosz).

Definitions for zones

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 zones

1490-1500; Latin zōna Greek zṓnē belt

Examples for zones

She wore a mantle of green silk, inlaid with eider-down, and zoned round her waist with garlands of wild flowers.

I could hear he lov'd Some fair immortal, and that his embrace Had zoned her through the night.

The surface is velvety, or hairy, and zoned in varying colors.

Flesh white, circled or zoned with bright pink; not very close-grained, but very sugary and well-flavored.

This differs from L. cilicioides in its zoned pileus and white milk.

Flesh white, zoned or marked with yellow, close-grained and sugary.

I know Cleve, somewhat, so the first time I saw Emile in the movie, I zoned in on him immediately.

Instead, they simply send them to the public school their children are zoned to without exploring other options.

Flesh white, zoned and clouded with different shades of red.

The government then zoned all land within the Siyag as exclusively for industrial, military or Jewish agricultural purposes.