DMZ
/ˈdiːˌɛmˌziː/
DMZ is the abbreviation of demilitarized zone.
DMZ is the initialism of dorsal marginal zone.
Meaning of demilitarized zone
Noun
demilitarized zone (plural demilitarized zones)
- An area, often on a border between military factions, in which military forces and operations are prohibited. (This sense is a translation hub.)
- A subnetwork of a LAN, exposed to the internet or another untrusted network but firewalled off from the rest of the LAN.
- Synonyms:
- perimeter network
Forms of DMZ
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Words formed from DMZ
Phrases with DMZ
Words that rhyme with DMZ
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- dread
- wed
- ahead
- bread
- sled
- embed
- in one's stead
- inbred
- ped
- zed
- bestead
- cred
- ed
- fed
- med
- undead
- abed
- bedspread
- Fred
- led
- Prussian red
- retread
- spoon-fed
- unwed
- z
- antired
- aspread
- bark bed
- behead
- bested
- bled
- block head
- bred
- cabin bed
- common thread
- Cow Head
- Crow Head
- faned
- fled
- freedom bread
- fugged
- instead
- ked
- knead
- misled
- ned
- pled
- read
Questions about DMZ
- What is DMZ the abbreviation of?
- DMZ is the abbreviation of demilitarized zone.
- How do you pronounce DMZ?
- DMZ is pronounced /ˈdiːˌɛmˌziː/.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: DMZ (page history and authors); demilitarized zone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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