Meanings
plural school zones
- 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.
Meronym: schoolground
3 more examples
Holonym: school district
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.
2019, Dennis Prager, Mark Joseph, No Safe Spaces - A designated geographic area that determines which school children will attend based on their home address.
Near-synonym: school district
Synonyms: school district
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA designated geographic area that determines which school children will attend based on their home address.
Translations
Hindi विद्यालय क्षेत्र
- विद्यालय क्षेत्र (vidyālay kṣetra)area around school with reduced speed limits
Indonesian zona selamat sekolah
- zona selamat sekolaharea around school with reduced speed limits
Korean 어린이 보호구역
- 어린이 보호구역 (eorini bohoguyeok)area around school with reduced speed limits
Tamil பள்ளி வளாகம்
- பள்ளி வளாகம் (paḷḷi vaḷākam)area around school with reduced speed limits
Cite this entry
school zone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20zone
“school zone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20zone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “school zone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20zone.
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