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Meaning of 'zone' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Zone [ n.]
- A girdle; a cincture.
- One of the five great divisions of the earth, with respect to latitude and temperature.
- The portion of the surface of a sphere included between two parallel planes; the portion of a surface of revolution included between two planes perpendicular to the axis.
- A band or stripe extending around a body.
- A band or area of growth encircling anything; as, a zone of evergreens on a mountain; the zone of animal or vegetable life in the ocean around an island or a continent; the Alpine zone, that part of mountains which is above the limit of tree growth.
- A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.
- Circuit; circumference.
2 . Zone [ v. t.]
- To girdle; to encircle.

Meaning of 'zone' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . zone [ v]
Meaning (1):
- separate or apportion into sections
Example in sentence:
  • partition a room off

Nearby Words:

zona zonae zonal zonar zonaria zonate zoned zoneless zonnar zonular

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