Zone Definition

zōn

zoned, zones, zoning

noun

zones

An encircling band, stripe, course, etc. distinct in color, texture, structure, etc. from the surrounding medium.

Webster's New World

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

American Heritage

Any section or district in a city restricted by law for a particular use, as for homes, parks, businesses, etc.

Webster's New World

Any of the five great latitudinal divisions of the earth's surface, named according to the prevailing climate: see Frigid Zone, Temperate Zone, Torrid Zone.

Webster's New World

Any area or region considered as separate or distinct from others because of its particular use, crops, plant or animal life, status in time of war, geological features, etc.

A canal zone, cotton zone, demilitarized zone.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

verb

zoned, zones, zoning

To mark off or divide into zones.

Webster's New World

To surround with or as with a belt or zone; encircle.

Webster's New World

To mark with bands or stripes.

Webster's New World

To define the property use classification of an area.

This area was zoned for industrial use.

Wiktionary

To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.

I must have zoned while he was giving us the directions.

Everyone just put their goddamn heads together and zoned. (Byron Coley, liner notes for the album "Piece for Jetsun Dolma" by Thurston Moore)

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
district
partition

idiom

in the zone

In a state of focused attention or energy so that one's performance is enhanced:
a goalie who was in the zone throughout the playoffs.

American Heritage

in the zone

in a state that produces achievement with an extraordinary, often unlikely, degree of success

Webster's New World

zone out

to lose awareness of one's immediate surroundings or one's cares or troubles, as variously from daydreaming, the taking of drugs, etc.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Zone

Noun

Singular:

zone

Plural:

zones

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Zone

Origin of Zone

Middle English one of the encircling regions of the earth from Latin zōna girdle, celestial zone from Greek zōnē

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zōnÄ“, “girdle, belt")

From Wiktionary