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Definition of dead zone noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dead zone

noun
 
/ˈded zəʊn/
 
/ˈded zəʊn/
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  1. a place or a period of time in which nothing happens
    • The town is a cultural dead zone.
  2. an area that separates two places, groups of people, etc.
    • The UN is trying to maintain a dead zone between the warring groups.
  3. a place where a mobile phone does not work because no signal can be received
  4. (biology) an area of water in which animals cannot live because there is not enough oxygen
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