1. Dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc.
   "The city's zoning laws prevented building a factory in the residential area"

1. Separate or apportion into sections
   "zone a room off";
   - partition
    
2. Regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
   "The city council zoned the downtown area for commercial use only";
   - district
    
3. [N. Amer, informal] Doze off or lose concentration
   "He started to zone out during the long lecture";
   - zone out [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: zonings

Type of: divide, division, govern, order, partition, partitioning, regularise [Brit], regularize, regulate, sectionalisation [Brit], sectionalization, segmentation, separate

Part of: city planning, town planning, urban planning

Encyclopedia: Zoning