polar region

1. 1.

   the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate

   SynonymsFrigid Zonepolar zone

   Broaderclimatic zone

   NarrowerAntarcticArctic

Questions about polar region

What does polar region mean?

polar region means "the part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate".

What is another word for polar region?

Close synonyms include Frigid Zone, polar zone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is polar region a common word?

polar region is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.