Torrid Zone

American  

noun

1. the part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.

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Torrid Zone British  

noun

1. rare that part of the earth's surface lying between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

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Torrid Zone

Upon an island, all alone, They lived, in the Pacific; Somewhere within the Torrid Zone, Where heat is quite terrific.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells

With the setting of the sun a thick mist arose--one of those humid tropical mists that are responsible for malaria and other zymotic diseases peculiar to the Torrid Zone.

From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

"What about some of the poor animals who are used to the Torrid Zone?" replied Capt.

From The Cruise of the Noah's Ark by David Cory

Lying just within the Torrid Zone, it has a climate which combines the fecund influences of the tropics with the agreeable moderation of the Temperate Zones.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

The temperature must be kept as warm there as in the Torrid Zone.

From Where We Live A Home Geography by Emilie Van Beil Jacobs