buffer zone en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
- A neutral area that is located between hostile forces, and is designed to prevent hostilities.
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(US) A transitional area between areas of different land use.
And it had been a close-run thing for many of the nearest - perhaps too close. Councillor Renee Spector, a senior member of Birmingham City Council planning committee, told the local press that the accident might force "a rethink" about the way it considered future applications. "There is a case for a buffer zone, but the problem is that land is at such a premium it is difficult to insist on a large distance between houses and railway lines," she said.
2026 March 18, Greg Morse, “1996 crash driving freight reforms”, in RAIL, number 1057, page 51:
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(figuratively) A conceptual space between two things.
Does she wear glasses with fashionable frames, has she had her lids lifted, does she streak or tint? All of these things are possible: we’ve both reached that borderline age, that buffer zone in which it can still be believed such tricks will work if you avoid bright sunlight.
1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye:
- Synonym of bubble zone (“a perimeter around an abortion facility”).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| buffer zones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (27)
fi puskurivyöhyke (neutral area) · de Pufferzone (neutral area) · nl bufferzone (area between areas of different land use) · he אֵזוֹר חַיִץ (neutral area) · eo bufrozono (neutral area) · nl bufferzone (neutral area) · bg бу́ферна зо́на (neutral area) · pt zona de amortecimento (neutral area) · tr tampon bölge (neutral area) · fi puskurivyöhyke (area between areas of different land use) · ro zonă tampon (neutral area) · es zona neutral (neutral area) · tr tampon bölge (area between areas of different land use) · bg бу́ферна зо́на (area between areas of different land use) · vi vùng đệm (neutral area) · hu ütközőzóna (neutral area) · cmn 緩衝區 /缓冲区 (neutral area) · el νεκρή ζώνη (neutral area) · hi बफर (neutral area) · pl strefa buforowa (neutral area) · fr zone tampon (neutral area) · es zona colchón (neutral area) · ru буферная зона (neutral area) · ar منطقة عازلة (neutral area) · ro zonă tampon (area between areas of different land use) · pt zona-tampão (neutral area) · ka ბუფერული ზონა (neutral area)