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red zone

red zone noun: the area extending twenty yards from the end zone, where a team in possession of the ball is expected to score.

Noun (1)

red zone (plural red zones)

  1. The area extending twenty yards from the end zone, where a team in possession of the ball is expected to score.
  2. (California) An area of a street where the curb has been painted red, indicating that stopping, standing or parking is prohibited at that spot (except, in some places, for buses).
  3. Any other area so classified.
    • Lee Joyce, who leads on track and drainage for Project Brunel, explains: "The railway saw a lot of change in a short amount of time - COVID, the Elizabeth Line coming on. We lost Red Zone access [working on tracks with trains running].2025 May 28, Paul Clifton, “Project Brunel on the right line”, in RAIL, number 1036, page 29

Noun (2)

the red zone

  1. (Australia, chiefly autism) The zone of emotional regulation that violent emotions like anger belong in.

Forms of red zone

pluralred zones

Questions about red zone

What does red zone mean?
Red zone means the area extending twenty yards from the end zone, where a team in possession of the ball is expected to score.
What part of speech is red zone?
Red zone is a noun.
What is the plural of red zone?
The plural of red zone is red zones.

Words near red zone in the dictionary

  1. red wolves
  2. red won
  3. red worm
  4. red worms
  5. red yeast rice
  6. red zone
  7. red zones
  8. red, white and blue
  9. red-and-green macaw
  10. red-and-green macaws
  11. red-assed

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