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

Syrian villages within the buffer zone have reportedly been instructed by the Israeli military to remain in their homes. —Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024

Plan to expand Golan settlements Israel’s control of the buffer zone has added to tensions with Syria over its decades-long presence in the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau in southwestern Syria that Israel has occupied since a war in 1967. —Eugenia Yosef, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024

Israel also seized a buffer zone inside Syria after Syrian troops withdrew. —Sarah El Deeb, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2024

Footage and images show paratroopers and heavily armored tanks deploying to the buffer zone. —Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 9 Dec. 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