Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
zone noun
/zəʊn/
/zoʊn/ n [C]
/zoʊn/ n [C] •
an area, especially one which is different from the areas around it because it has different characteristics or is used for different purposes
an earthquake zone
a nuclear-free zone
He was charged with driving 75 mph in a 55 mph zone.
This stretch of coast has been designated a danger zone.
The UN Security Council has established a no-fly zone (= one into which aircraft are not permitted to fly).
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specialized one of the five parts into which the Earth is divided according to temperature, marked by imaginary lines going round it from east to west
temperate zones
(Definition of zone noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
