Informal In a state of focused attention or energy so that one's performance is enhanced: a goalie who was in the zone throughout the playoffs. [Middle English, one of the encircling regions of the earth, from Latin zÅna, girdle, celestial zone, from Greek zÅnÄ.] zonâ²al (zÅâ²nÉl) adj.
Cohasset, Massachusetts. Cohasset is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 7,542 according to the 2010 census.
It was officially incorporated in 1884, the last town to be incorporated in Barnstable County. It was named for Jonathan Bourne Sr., whose father, Richard Bourne, served in the Massachusetts General Court at the time of settlement, as well as helping to found the settlement in Mashpee. The town lies at the northeast corner of Buzzards Bay and is the site of Aptucxet Trading Post, the nation's oldest store.