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drop zone

drop zone

3.8
A place on a screen where you drag files to upload or move them
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : zona de arrastre
  • To upload the document, simply drag it to the drop zone on the website.

Examples

  • In the app, the drop zone allows you to rearrange your photos by dragging and dropping.

  • The new software features a drop zone where users can easily move files to share them.

  • He could go up, use the drop zone, make par, force a playoff with Jacobsen, and get outta here.

    Tin Cup (1996)

Surface Forms

drop zone singular
drop zones plural

Morphology

drop + zone

The meaning 'an area where you drop items' is directly and transparently derived from 'drop' (to release/place something) + 'zone' (an area set aside for a use). This noun-compound formation is a straightforward compositional pattern found across languages and should be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the two constituent words.

Etymology

Drop zone in computer use comes from the action 'drag and drop', where you move a file and drop it into a marked zone on the screen, like dropping a photo into a folder. That's why a website's drop zone is the area where you drop files to 'upload' or move them.