DROPPING ZONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dropping zone mean? 

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

1. an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DROPPING ZONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

drop zone; dropping zone

Hypernyms ("dropping zone" is a kind of...):

zone (an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)