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polar zone

polar zone

4.3
An extremely cold area around the North or South Pole with ice and snow
  • noun
  • /ˈpoʊlər zoʊn/
translation icon : zona polar
  • In the polar zone, temperatures can drop below freezing for most of the year.

Examples

  • The polar zone experiences long periods of daylight in summer and darkness in winter.

  • Animals like polar bears have adapted to live in the harsh conditions of the polar zone.

  • Equator is slightly wider than the polar zones.

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Synonyms

polar region
vspolar zone
7 3.2

An area around the North or South Pole that is very cold and icy

is the same concept but named with a different single word label
Frigid Zone
vspolar zone
  • Archaic
6.9

A very cold area around the North or South Pole

stresses more extreme cold compared with that milder description

How Cold

polar zone
4.3
subpolar
7.4

Surface Forms

polar zone singular
polar zones plural

Morphology

polar + zone

The meaning 'region around the Earth's North or South Pole' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'polar' (relating to the poles/extremely cold) with 'zone' (a region). This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows straightforward noun-noun/adj-noun combination rules, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.

Etymology

Polar zone is named after the Earth's poles, the very top and bottom of the planet, and zone means an area. Those places are icy and cold, so the phrase means the 'area around a pole' that is 'very cold'.