boule vs zone

boule

noun
  • A round piece of dough. 

  • A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means. 

  • A round loaf of bread. 

  • A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges. 

  • A council of citizens in Ancient Greece 

  • One of the bowls used in the French game of boules. 

verb
  • To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball. 

zone

noun
  • A frustum of a sphere. 

  • A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections. 

  • A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc. 

  • A band or stripe extending around a body. 

  • A circuit; a circumference. 

  • Any given region or area of the world. 

  • Every of the three parts of an ice rink, divided by two blue lines. 

  • A belt or girdle. 

  • A defensive scheme where defenders guard a particular area of the court or field, as opposed to a particular opposing player. 

  • A semicircular area in front of each goal. 

  • The strike zone. 

  • A high-performance phase or period. 

  • A band or area of growth encircling anything. 

  • That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority. 

  • The curved surface of a frustum of a sphere, the portion of surface of a sphere delimited by parallel planes. 

verb
  • To divide into or assign to sections or areas. 

  • To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off. 

  • To define the property use classification of (an area). 

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