free zone

noun

: an area within which goods may be received and stored without payment of duty

Examples of free zone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Following months of delays in implementing parking changes at Balboa Park, the city is adding free zones and unplanned discounts for residents and frequent users in hopes of reducing public backlash against its parking missteps. —Jay Derr, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026

Billboards were even erected this year in Munich, reminding fans that the memorial is an alcohol-free zone after a couple of fans brought crates of beer last time round. —Andy Mitten, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026

There are also several ICE-free zones on county property in Santa Clara County set up ahead of Super Bowl Sunday. —Steve Large, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026

In a world where most sports have a shady underbelly and the fixes often are in one way or another, no one is ever going to tell you that boxing of all competitions is an avarice or sticky-fingers-free zone. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for free zone

• alone
• atone
• backbone
• bemoan
• bluestone
• breastbone
• brownstone
• capstone
• cheekbone
• condone
• curbstone
• cyclone