ZONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zone mean? 

• ZONE (noun)
  The noun ZONE has 4 senses:

1. a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features

2. any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude

3. an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic

4. (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure

  Familiarity information: ZONE used as a noun is uncommon.

• ZONE (verb)
  The verb ZONE has 2 senses:

1. regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns

2. separate or apportion into sections

  Familiarity information: ZONE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("zone" is a kind of...):

place; spot; topographic point (a point located with respect to surface features of some region)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zone"):

island (a zone or area resembling an island)

Derivation:

zonary (relating to or of the nature of a zone)

zone (regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

geographical zone; zone

Hypernyms ("zone" is a kind of...):

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zone"):

climatic zone (any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude)

time zone (any of the 24 regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used)

transit zone (a six million square mile area that includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean; includes the principal routes used by drug smugglers)

Derivation:

zonary (relating to or of the nature of a zone)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("zone" is a kind of...):

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zone"):

buffer; buffer zone (a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict)

combat area; combat zone (a military area where combat forces operate)

danger zone (a dangerous area)

demilitarized zone; DMZ (a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited)

drop zone; dropping zone (an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops)

kill zone; killing zone (an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities)

strike zone ((baseball) the area over home plate between a batter's knees and shoulders through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike)

tidal zone (an area subject to tidal action)

Instance hyponyms:

Canal Zone; Panama Canal Zone (a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal)

Derivation:

zonary (relating to or of the nature of a zone)

zone (separate or apportion into sections)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

zona; zone

Hypernyms ("zone" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zone"):

zona pellucida (thick membrane around the mammalian ovum; can be penetrated by one sperm in the fertilization process; usually remains around the fertilized egg until it is implanted in the wall of the uterus)

zonula; zonule (small beltlike zone)

• ZONE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they zone    ... he / she / it zones   
Past simple: zoned   
Past participle: zoned   
-ing form: zoning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

district; zone

Hypernyms (to "zone" is one way to...):

govern; order; regularise; regularize; regulate (bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

zone (a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Separate or apportion into sections

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

partition; zone

Context example:

partition a room off

Hypernyms (to "zone" is one way to...):

divide; separate (make a division or separation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "zone"):

screen off; separate off (partition by means of a divider, such as a screen)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

zone (an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic)

 Context examples 

The central zone comprises about 20-25% of the gland and is the location of about 10% of the prostate cancers found in the gland.

(Central Zone of the Prostatic Parenchyma, NCI Thesaurus)

This category includes the following variants: lymphoepithelioid cell variant (Lennert's lymphoma), follicular variant, and T-zone variant.

(Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus)

The two worlds at the edges of star Tau Ceti's "habitable zone" are part of a system of planets that are similar in size to our own.

(Potentially Habitable 'Super-Earths' Found Orbiting around Sun's near Neighbor, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This rearrangement is associated with extra-nodal presentation of marginal zone B-cell lymphoma.

(BIRC3/MALT1 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the most frequently seen morphologic variants which are: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, small lymphocytic lymphoma and marginal zone B-cell lymphoma. — 2003

(B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, and extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue are the most common types of primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the breast.

(Breast Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue that arises from the breast as a primary tumor.

(Breast Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This may prevent activation of the chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ) and may reduce nausea and vomiting.

(Buclizine, NCI Thesaurus)

Aquatic plants that are found in the near-shore zone.

(Aquatic macrophytes, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

Tropical species have historically encountered much less disturbance than those in temperate zones, so respond to it more quickly.

(Forest fragmentation hits wildlife hardest in the tropics, National Science Foundation)