belt
Other forms: belts; belted; belting
A belt is an accessory you wear around your waist that helps hold your pants up. Other types of belts can hold tools or weapons.
Most belts are made of leather and buckle at the front of the waist. Tool belts have loops for keeping hammers and screwdrivers handy, and a seat belt fastens across your waist and shoulders to keep you safe in a moving car. If you belt someone, it takes on a different meaning: to hit hard. The Latin root is balteus, "girdle or sword belt," and the original definition of the verb was "to hit with a belt."
Definitions of belt
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a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
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baldric, baldrick
a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip
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cartridge belt
a broad belt with loops or pockets for holding ammunition
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holster
a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools
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money belt
belt with a concealed section for holding money
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life belt, safety belt, safety harness
belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt
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Sam Browne belt
leather belt supported by a strap over the right shoulder
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bandoleer, bandolier
a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers
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seat belt, seatbelt
a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident
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type of:
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accessory, accouterment, accoutrement
clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
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endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
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band
a driving belt in machinery
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conveyer, conveyer belt, conveyor, conveyor belt, transporter
a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory)
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driving belt
a belt that carries motion from a motor to the machinery
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fan belt
a belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that pulls air through the radiator
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caterpillar track, caterpillar tread, track
an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
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carousel, carrousel, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel
a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
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half track
a track that goes around only rear wheels
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type of:
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loop
anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
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ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
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synonyms:
belt ammunition, belted ammunition
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type of:
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ammo, ammunition
projectiles to be fired from a gun
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ammo, ammunition
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fasten with a belt
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an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found“a belt of high pressure”
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examples:
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Bible Belt
southern and midwestern United States where Protestant fundamentalism is dominant
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Corn Belt
the midwestern states where corn is grown; Iowa and Illinois are excellent for raising corn and corn-fed livestock
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Van Allen belt
a belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field
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asteroid belt
the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found
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greenbelt, greenway
a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city
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Bible Belt
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a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
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the act of hitting vigorously
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a vigorous blow
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deliver a blow to“He belted his opponent”
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type of:
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hit
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
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hit
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sing loudly and forcefully
Pronunciation
US
/bɛlt/
UK
/bɛlt/
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