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

But Israel is unlikely to trust U.N. peacekeepers and Lebanese troops to keep Hezbollah out of a reestablished buffer zone in Lebanon. —Baraa Anwer and Sarah El Deeb, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024

Satellite imagery has also shown North Korea building a wall-like structure along parts of the North Korean side of the demarcation zone, a 2.5-mile-thick buffer zone, half on each side of the border line. —Stella Kim, NBC News, 24 July 2024

Offensive troop formations, such as supply depots and command posts, must be positioned well beyond this buffer zone. —Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024

Just beyond them where there’s open grassland, there should also be a fuel break – a buffer zone cleared of vegetation. —Lauren Sommer, NPR, 17 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

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