Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

school zone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

Syllables: school -zone
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Streets near or surrounding a school that have reduced speed limits during certain hours of the day for the protection of young pedestrians and cyclists.

noun

A designated geographic area that determines which school children will attend based on their home address.

Example Sentences

"Holonym: school district"
"Meronym: schoolground"
"The fines are doubled if you speed in a school zone or a work zone."
"Driving 45 in a school zone is not the same thing as vehicular homicide."
"Near-synonym: school district"

Inflected Forms

school zones (plural)

Synonyms

school district

Questions

What does school zone mean?: Streets near or surrounding a school that have reduced speed limits during certain hours of the day for the protection of young pedestrians and cyclists.

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