buffer zone

noun

: a neutral area separating conflicting forces

broadly : an area designed to separate

Examples of buffer zone in a Sentence

There must be a 500-foot buffer zone between the river and the new buildings.

Recent Examples on the Web

The freedom of movement remark was likely in reference to Israel's military occupation of a buffer zone across southern Lebanon. —CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026

The map also outlines a new maritime buffer zone that conflicts with the borders that the two countries agreed on with the United States in 2022. —Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026

Researchers at the test site set fire to wooden blocks that look like Jenga towers within the buffer zone. —ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026

Advertisement Israel has followed through with its campaign in the south, utilizing both air and land operations to progress south of the Litani River, in efforts to establish a buffer zone. —Callum Sutherland, Time, 10 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for buffer zone

• acetone
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• baritone
• bourguignon
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• chaperon
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• cobblestone
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• dictaphone

Legal Definition

buffer zone

noun

: an area designed to separate: as

a

: an area with certain boundaries beyond which protestors may not pass

b

: an area separating land used for different purposes

a buffer zone between the development and the park