ANTARCTIC ZONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Antarctic Zone mean? 

• ANTARCTIC ZONE (noun)
  The noun ANTARCTIC ZONE has 1 sense:

1. the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters

  Familiarity information: ANTARCTIC ZONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTARCTIC ZONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Antarctic; Antarctic Zone; South Frigid Zone

Instance hypernyms:

Frigid Zone; polar region; polar zone (the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate)

Meronyms (parts of "Antarctic Zone"):

Antarctic continent; Antarctica (an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep)

Antarctic Ocean (the southern waters surrounding Antarctica)