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

Other countries must contribute troops to handle security before Israeli forces withdraw in stages to a buffer zone along Gaza’s borders. —Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025

This is how the Greater Buenos Aires area was populated, a kind of buffer zone between Buenos Aires and the rest of Argentina where migrants from other regions and countries found affordable housing. —Karla Gachet, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025

Trucks carrying aid are seen crossing into the buffer zone through the Rafah border gate, between Gaza and Egypt, on Wednesday. —Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025

Trump’s 20-point plan specifies two more withdrawal phases, leaving the IDF eventually in charge of a security buffer zone. —Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for buffer zone

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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