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zoned adjective [ zəʊnd ]

• divided into zones, in particular (of land) designated for a particular type of use or development.
• "zoned housing land"
• marked with circles or bands of colour.
• "strongly zoned leaves"
• under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
• "she's zoned on downers"

zone verb

• divide into or assign to zones.
• "the park has been zoned into four distinct bioregions, each with its own ecological identity"
• encircle as or with a band or stripe.
Origin: late Middle English: from French, or from Latin zona ‘girdle’, from Greek zōnē .


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