Unzone
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To remove from an assigned zone or zoning. transitive
"St. Claude Avenue, from Poland to Delery Street is now zoned and I trust the Council will not unzone it and open it up to picture shows and other business places."
- 2 To free from a girdle. archaic, poetic, transitive
"To this sad urn the fragrant cypress bring, / With the soft violets of the budding spring; / Breathe the deep sigh, unzone the sobbing breast, / And bid these ashes in sweet slumbers rest;"
Example
More examples"St. Claude Avenue, from Poland to Delery Street is now zoned and I trust the Council will not unzone it and open it up to picture shows and other business places."
Etymology
From un- + zone.