zone

Examples:: Panama Canal Zone
a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; 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; DMZ, demilitarized zone
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; war zone
a combat zone where military operations are coordinated (especially a designated area in international waters where the rights of neutrals are not respected by nations at war); bridgehead, foothold
an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies

Types:: island
a zone or area resembling an island; kitchen island
an unattached counter in a kitchen that permits access from all sides; safety island, safety isle, safety zone, traffic island
a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians

Type of:: place, spot, topographic point
a point located with respect to surface features of some region

Examples:: show 5 examples...; hide 5 examples...; South Frigid Zone
the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters; North Frigid Zone
the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole; North Temperate Zone
Temperate Zone between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer; South Temperate Zone
Temperate Zone between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn; tropical zone
the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; 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; Frigid Zone, polar region, polar zone
the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate; Temperate Zone
the part of the Earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer or between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by temperate climate; semitropics, subtropics
regions adjacent to the tropics

Type of:: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
a demarcated area of the Earth

Types:: 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

Type of:: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing

Types:: screen off, separate off
partition by means of a divider, such as a screen

Type of:: govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulate
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

DEFINITIONS OF: zone